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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Dear Denis, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>You could use Mark Davies' very
useful VIEW interface of the BNC to get that kind of examples (<a
href="http://view.byu.edu/">http://view.byu.edu/</a>) and search for "plural
noun followed by singular noun" by typing in "[nn2] [nn1]". This
query retrieves a list of examples including "companies act",
"services council", "rights issue"... You can then click on
each result to get a BNC concordance of the respective item. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Have a good weekend!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Best wishes... Ute<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>********************************************
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Ute Römer <br>
English Department <br>
University of Hanover <br>
Königsworther Platz 1 <br>
30167 Hannover <br>
Germany <br>
<br>
Phone: +49 (0)511 762 2997 <br>
Fax: +49 (0)511 762 2996 <br>
E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:ute.roemer@anglistik.uni-hannover.de"><span
lang=EN-GB>ute.roemer@anglistik.uni-hannover.de</span></a></font><font
color=navy><span lang=EN-GB style='color:navy'> <br>
</span><a href="http://www.uteroemer.de"><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.uteroemer.de</span></a></font><font
color=navy><span lang=EN-GB style='color:navy'> <br>
</span><a href="http://www.fbls.uni-hannover.de/angli/"><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.fbls.uni-hannover.de/angli/</span></a></font><font
color=navy><span lang=EN-GB style='color:navy'> <br>
</span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
owner-corpora@lists.uib.no [mailto:owner-corpora@lists.uib.no] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Denis Jamet<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, June 03, 2005 12:01
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> corpora<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Corpora-List] looking
for a corpus of nominal compounds</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:navy'>Dear linguists,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:navy'>I am currently looking for a corpus of
nominal compounds (N-N) in which the first noun (the internal noun) is
pluralized, such as job<strong><b><u><font face=Georgia><span style='font-family:
Georgia'>s</span></font></u></b></strong> growth, visual effect<strong><b><u><font
face=Georgia><span style='font-family:Georgia'>s</span></font></u></b></strong>
supervisor, </span></font><font color=navy face=Georgia><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-family:Georgia;color:navy'>the new government’s nationaliti<b><u><span
style='font-weight:bold'>es</span></u></b> policy, etc.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Georgia><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:navy'>Any reference will be
greatly appreciated.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Georgia><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:navy'>Thank you.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Georgia><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:navy'>Best regards,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Georgia><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:navy'>Denis Jamet</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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************************************************************************************<br>
<br>
Denis Jamet<br>
Maître de Conférences en Linguistique anglaise - Chargé de mission à la Maison
des Langues<br>
Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3<br>
Faculté des Langues - Département d'anglais<br>
6, cours Albert Thomas, 69008 Lyon, FRANCE<br>
<a href="http://www.univ-lyon3.fr/facdeslangues">www.univ-lyon3.fr/facdeslangues</a><br>
<br>
"Les Ruets"<br>
42370 Renaison<br>
<br>
Tel. (mobile) : 06-17-62-33-70<br>
Tel. (fac) : 04-78-78-73-87/88</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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