<html><head><meta content="Group-Office 2.04" name="GENERATOR"></head><body>Hello,<br /><br />I am interested if there has been any corpus studies (on the BNC, for example) about the frequency etc. of the use of the fictional characters in imparting meaning in a sentence. For example (from a sports story): "an ailing Mary Joe Fernandez kept her Cinderella story alive by defeating Swiss Emmanuela Zardo."<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Jennifer Eagleton<br />www.asian-emphasis.com<br />
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