during their time in the UK (Concordance six illustrates the lack of time expressions in SK, p=0.105 when LK is compared with SK for time expressions but p < 0.0001 when SK is compared with the BNC). Concordance 6: Sample concordance of in SK showing R1 flexibility but a lack of the other time expressions 6 Conclusion In this I have tried to show some of the variety as well as the consistency of the English spoken by Korean adults by discussing three lexical environments: the phraseology and lexis surrounding the items and in two small corpora of Korean English and, as a, an the comparator corpora, a small corpus and the spoken demographic section of the BNC. ‘scouse’ Some of the similarities between the Korean corpus (SK) and the Liverpool Korean corpus (LK) include the following: The percentage of that takes the form is consistent at 15% and this is notably a * a lot higher than the British corpora. The percentage of that takes the form is very similar at 78% (SK) a little * a little bit and 79% (LK); this is also much higher than the British corpora. The string shows a comparable level of fixedness in the Korean corpora get a job with 100% of taking the form for example, compared with 67% get * job get a job, and 61% in SCO and the BNC. The item occurs with very low normalised frequency in the Korean corpora: an 222pm and 467pm in SK and LK compared with 1398pm and 1303pm in the BNC. The string has a strong tendency to form the 3-gram in the the and the other Korean corpora compared to SCO and the BNC which tend to form R1-based the strings. other * While differences between SK and LK include:
during their time in the UK (Concordance six illustrates the lack of time expressions in SK, p=0.105 when LK is compared with SK for time expressions but p < 0.0001 when SK is compared with the BNC). Concordance 6: Sample concordance of the other in SK showing R1 flexibility but a lack of time expressions 6 Conclusion In this I have tried to show some of the variety as well as the consistency of the English spoken by Korean adults by discussing three lexical environments: the phraseology and lexis surrounding the items a, an and the in two small corpora of Korean English and, as comparator corpora, a small ‘scouse’ corpus and the spoken demographic section of the BNC. Some of the similarities between the Korean corpus (SK) and the Liverpool Korean corpus (LK) include the following: The percentage of a * that takes the form a lot is consistent at 15% and this is notably higher than the British corpora. The percentage of a little * that takes the form a little bit is very similar at 78% (SK) and 79% (LK); this is also much higher than the British corpora. The string get a job shows a comparable level of fixedness in the Korean corpora with 100% of get * job taking the form get a job, for example, compared with 67% and 61% in SCO and the BNC. The item an occurs with very low normalised frequency in the Korean corpora: 222pm and 467pm in SK and LK compared with 1398pm and 1303pm in the BNC. The string the has a strong tendency to form the 3-gram and the other in the Korean corpora compared to SCO and the BNC which tend to form R1-based the other * strings. While differences between SK and LK include:
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