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International Journal of Corpus LinguisticsVol. 14:2 (2009) ► pp.139–158
A few Frequently Asked Questions about semantic — or evaluative — prosody
To say that there has been a certain amount of confusion and debate over the nature and function of the notion of semantic prosody would be an understatement. In this paper we attempt to address and assess, in the light of current thinking in the field of lexical grammar, some of the main issues which have been raised.
Keywords: semantic prosody, co-selection, evaluation, lexical priming, connotation, language change
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