Occupation and Language Studies: Nelson Flashcards
What did Nelson study?
Business Language
What did Nelson compare the corpus of business language he acquired with?
British National Corpus
What is the British National Corpus?
The corpus showing the common words which people will be more likely to use every day
What was found in the ‘semantic field of business’ Nelson created in terms of the purpose of words used?
Most words used were to do with the business or money or meetings
What did Nelson find there was very little of in conversation topics in the business?
Few conversations about personal lives or activities outside of the business
What type of emotions were never conveyed in the business lexis?
There were no profound emotions conveyed
What specific words were never present in business lexis at all?
Town, Village, County
What location words were present in business lexis?
Department,
How often did the word “truth” appear in comparison to the British National Corpus?
9 times less frequently
