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<DIV>Dear all,</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">I was wondering if anyone
of you could tell me which text files in the BNC are COLT files. I checked David
Lee's Excel spreadsheet and the BNC World list of texts (on the SARA2 start
page) but didn't find the information I was hoping to get (maybe I didn't search
long enough though). <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The thing
is that I'm trying to nail down repeated occurrences of "ai n't" plus
progressive form (and missing form of TO BE plus progressive form) in BNC
(spoken) data which I don't get in my Bank of English (brspok) data. I thought
that the amount of teenage and adolescent language in the BNC might be a
possible explanation for fragmentary constructions. It's not a big thing,
really, and I suppose I could check the headers of all the BNC files my
concordance examples come from (to see how old the participants are), but maybe
there is an easier/faster option. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Thanks in
advance and best wishes… Ute</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<DIV>Ute Römer<BR>English Department<BR>University of Hanover<BR>Königsworther
Platz 1<BR>30167 Hannover<BR>Germany</DIV>
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<DIV>Phone: +49 (0)511 762 2997<BR>Fax: +49 (0)511 762 2996<BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ute.roemer@anglistik.uni-hannover.de">ute.roemer@anglistik.uni-hannover.de</A></DIV>
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