Collocations of fictive motion verbs in adventure tourism A corpus-based study of the English language (original) (raw)

RESLA. Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics. John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISSN 0213-2028, 2024

Abstract

This paper investigates the collocations produced by a set of ctive motion verbs found in a specialized corpus representing the language of adventure tourism. Since our ultimate aim is to contribute to the characterization of this specialized language, we de ned two speci c objectives: () to analyze the motion verbs and their meanings extracted from the A corpus, and () to identify the collocates of these verbs as well as the semantic roles they express. A er the application of our methodology, eight motion verbs produced collocations satisfying all the established criteria. The results focus on di erent aspects: () the verbs convey distinct meanings, such as motion on a vertical axis or direction towards a destination; () the most recurrent combination is noun + verb, where the former describes the inanimate entity that seems to perform motion; () collocation production and collocation strength are not correlated; and () the collocates accompanying the verbs under analysis shed light on the argument structure of these verbs, for they represent one of the participants. In conclusion, this work provides relevant information about the phraseology of ctive motion verbs in the language of adventure tourism and proves the specialization of this domain.

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