Do Sitcom Conversations Fully Depict Those in Natural Settings: A Corpus-Based Lexical Analysis
Min Li,
Yan Xiao
Abstract:An increasing number of studies in pragmatics, second language acquisition, and related fields have opted to use sitcom conversations as a substitute for natural conversations in their analyses. However, few studies have critically examined the validity of this substitution. Taking this into consideration, the present study aims to examine the lexical similarities and differences between sitcom and natural conversations by utilizing the Friends Corpus and the Santa Barbara Corpus of Spoken American English as … Show more
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