Lexical Word-Class Distributions in Research Articles of Four Subject Areas

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ID12865992
AutoresDeny Arnos Kwary (0000-0002-5629-914X, Airlangga University, autor de correspondencia), Almira Fidela Artha (0000-0001-7315-1887, Airlangga University), Yuni Sari Amalia (0000-0002-9023-6599, Airlangga University)
Año2018
Volumen0
Número33
Fecha de publicación2018-12-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies About Languages (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1648-2824 • E-ISSN: 2029-7203
EditorialKaunas University of Technology (KTU) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5755/j01.sal.0.33.19945
OpenAlexW2906683935
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas10

This study aimed to determine the lexical word-class distribution in research articles of four subject areas: social sciences, health sciences, physical sciences and life sciences. Total 5,754,560 tokens or running words were extracted from research articles published by Elsevier for examination. Results show both similarities and differences in distribution across the four subject areas. For health, physical and life sciences, the noun is the most dominant lexical word class, followed by the adjective, verb and adverb. For social sciences, the verb is more dominant than the adjective. This finding reflects that research articles in social sciences use the highest number of words and are more conversational in nature. For types of nouns, singular nouns are used more often than plural nouns in all subject areas; this usage might indicate that research articles tend to focus on a single research object. For types of verbs, research articles in health, life and physical sciences tend to prefer using past tense and past participle forms over others; this usage indicates emphasis on reporting what has been done. In contrast, social sciences research articles show more frequent use of the verbs’ base form, and this usage possibly signifies arguments regarding general truths.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.sal.33.0.19945

Adjective · Adverb · Class (philosophy · Focus (optics · Linguistics · Noun · Part of speech · Participle · Plural · Subject (documents · Verb · Computer Science · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Text Readability and Simplification · Artificial Intelligence