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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Dear corpora list members,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In a previous task-based study, in the NPs of the form: the Adj Noun1 and Noun2, we found that:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If Adj has high collocational frequency with Noun1 and low collocational frequency with Noun2, then Adj has narrow-scope reading (i.e., [Adj Noun1] and Noun2). Our definitions of high/low collocational frequencies are based on Kilgarriff's Sketch Engine database operating on the BNC. (Our findings are a further confirmation of Chantree et al's findings.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the present study, we included two adjectives, which could have different collocational frequencies with the nouns they modify. The results of the small pilot study are as following.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Participants were computing science staff members at the Uni of Aberdeen, and corpora list members ( </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Total = 45; 33 Native, 12 Non-native but fluent in English).</FONT></DIV>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=left><FONT size=3> The pattern explored: the </FONT><FONT size=4>Adj1 Adj2 Noun1 and Noun2</FONT></H1>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG>Condition<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></STRONG></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG>Expected Reading<o:p></o:p></STRONG></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG>Average <o:p></o:p></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG>Participants’ Agreement with the Expected Reading<o:p></o:p></STRONG></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Adj1 and Adj2 have high collocational frequency with Noun1 and Noun2.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Example: the tall young men and women<o:p></o:p></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Adj1 and Adj2 have wide-scope<o:p></o:p></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center>43 / 45<o:p></o:p></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Adj1 has high collocational frequency with Noun1 and Noun2; Adj2 has high collocational frequency with Noun1, and low collocational frequency with Noun2.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Example: the old bearded men and women<o:p></o:p></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Adj1 has wide-scope; Adj2 has narrow-scope<o:p></o:p></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center>39 / 45<o:p></o:p></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Adj1 has high collocational frequency with Noun1, and low collocational frequency with Noun2; Adj2 has high collocational frequency with Noun1 and Noun2.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Example: the bearded old men and women<o:p></o:p></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>* </FONT></STRONG>Undefined<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center>34 / 45<o:p></o:p></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Adj1 and Adj2 have high collocational frequency with Noun1, and low collocational frequency with Noun2.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Example: the handsome bearded men and women<o:p></o:p></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Adj1 and Adj2 have narrow-scope<o:p></o:p></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG>* </STRONG></FONT>Adj2 applies to Noun2, but Adj1 does not. That is, the bracketing like: </P>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> the bearded [<SUB>1</SUB>old [<SUB>2 </SUB>men]<SUB>1</SUB> and women]<SUB>2</SUB>,<SUB> </SUB>seems to be impossible. In this example, if a participant says: women are old, but not bearded, we count it as undefined.</SPAN></DIV>
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