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Journal of Research Design and Statistics in Linguistics and Communication Science
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ISSN (Print) 2052-417X - ISSN (Online) 2052-4188
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Methodological synthesis of research using multi-dimensional analysis
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  Authors: Larissa Goulart, Margaret Wood
  Pages: 107– - 107–
  Abstract: Since 1984 when Douglas Biber first conducted a multi-dimensional (MD) analysis, MD analyses have expanded in scope. However, there has yet to be a comprehensive survey of this body of research. This methodological synthesis conducts a large-scale survey of MD analyses dating back to Biber’s (1984) dissertation. An unprecedented total of 230 studies including peer-reviewed articles and dissertations were coded for a variety of study characteristics and methodological choices. The results of this survey show that researchers have made a wide variety of methodological decisions including the choice of tagger, factor loading and communality cut-off values, and types of additional statistical analyses conducted. It was also found that reporting practices of MD analyses have been less than optimal, lacking information necessary for the replicability of the study. The study concludes with a set of recommendations for future MD analyses in relation to reporting practices and the goals of future studies.
  PubDate: 2021-08-20
  DOI: 10.1558/jrds.18454
  Issue No: Vol. 6, No. 2 (2021)
Measuring semantic distance across time
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  Authors: Daniela Pettersson-Traba
  Pages: 138– - 138–
  Abstract: Over the last decades, several studies have analyzed the collocational preferences of particular sets of near synonyms from a synchronic viewpoint, while their diachronic development has generally been disregarded. The aim of this paper is to partially fill this gap by examining the collocational behavior of the adjectives fragrant, perfumed, and scented, which denote the concept sweet smelling, over the time span 1810–2009. To this purpose, instances of the three near-synonyms and their L5–R5 collocates were extracted from the Corpus of Historical American English (COHA) and then submitted to statistical modeling. Results indicate that, at the beginning of the time span analyzed, the collocational preferences of scented and perfumed are very similar but, over time, scented becomes semantically closer to fragrant, while at the same time taking over some of its functions.
  PubDate: 2021-08-20
  DOI: 10.1558/jrds.40245
  Issue No: Vol. 6, No. 2 (2021)
Investigating Lexical Effects in Syntax with Regularized Regression
(Lasso)
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  Authors: Freek Van de Velde, Dirk Pijpops
  Pages: 166– - 166–
  Abstract: Within usage-based theory, notably in construction grammar though also elsewhere, the role of the lexicon and of lexically-specific patterns in morphosyntax is well recognized. The methodology, however, is not always sufficiently suited to get at the details, as lexical effects are difficult to study under what are currently the standard methods for investigating grammar empirically. In this short article, we propose a method from machine learning: regularized regression (Lasso) with k-fold cross-validation, and compare its performance with a Distinctive Collexeme Analysis.
  PubDate: 2021-08-20
  DOI: 10.1558/jrds.18964
  Issue No: Vol. 6, No. 2 (2021)

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