TY  - JOUR
TI  - A Corpus Analysis of Support Verb Constructions in British English with a Specific Focus on Sociolinguistic Variables
AB  - English contains a considerable number of lexical combinations with various forms andlabels, making it an interesting field of inquiry for researchers. The significance and popularity ofsupport verb constructions (SVC) is that they are used largely by native speakers and include some ofthe most common words in English but seem to be problematic even for advanced learners. In thisstudy, the British National Corpus (BNC) was used to investigate SVC patterns through sociolinguisticvariables. The rationale in doing so is that using sociolinguistics variables through substantive corpusdata may give us a better sense and understanding of the nature of the combinations. Whether thereare any predictable tendencies between the SVCs and sociolinguistic dimensions was investigated tobring empirical evidence to the areas that merely defy simple generalizations. In total, 39 SVCs wereexamined, and they displayed similar frequencies for register categories in written and spoken parts.Male speakers and writers use a wider variety of SVCs and more frequently than the females, and SVCswere used more by people 60 years old and older and less frequently by people between the ages of 6to 14. SVCs were used predominantly by male writers who were writing for mixed audiences, and therewas a positive correlation between the age and SVC usage. A sharp increase was observed for SVCs asthe age of the target audience increased. Finally, “years of experience,” “exposure and previouseducation” and “familiarity” were found to be other contributing factors for the SVC usage.
AU  - ÖZBAY, Ali Şükrü
PY  - 2020
JO  - Novitas-Royal
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
SN  - 1307-4733
SP  - 38
EP  - 57
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/413633
ER  -