Advances in Corpus-based Contrastive Linguistics Studies in Corpus Linguistics (SCL) SCL focuses on the use of corpora throughout language study, the development of a quantitative approach to linguistics, the design and use of new tools for processing language texts, and the theoretical implications of a data-rich discipline. For an overview of all books published in this series, please see http/benjamins.com/catalog/scl General Editor Consulting Editor Elena Tognini-Bonelli Wolfgang Teubert The Tuscan Word Centre/ University of Birmingham The University of Siena Advisory Board Michael Barlow Graeme Kennedy University of Auckland Victoria University of Wellington Douglas Biber Geoffrey N. Leech Northern Arizona University University of Lancaster Marina Bondi Michaela Mahlberg University of Modena and Reggio Emilia University of Nottingham Christopher S. Butler Anna Mauranen University of Wales, Swansea University of Helsinki Sylviane Granger Ute Römer University of Louvain University of Michigan M.A.K. Halliday Jan Svartvik University of Sydney University of Lund Yang Huizhong John M. Swales Jiao Tong University, Shanghai University of Michigan Susan Hunston Martin Warren University of Birmingham The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Volume 54 Advances in Corpus-based Contrastive Linguistics. Studies in honour of Stig Johansson Edited by Karin Aijmer and Bengt Altenberg Advances in Corpus-based Contrastive Linguistics Studies in honour of Stig Johansson Edited by Karin Aijmer University of Gothenburg Bengt Altenberg University of Lund John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam / Philadelphia TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of 8 the American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. Cover design: Françoise Berserik Cover illustration from original painting Random Order by Lorenzo Pezzatini, Florence, 1996. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Advances In Corpus-based Contrastive Linguistics : Studies in Honour of Stig Johansson / Edited by Karin Aijmer, Bengt Altenberg. p. cm. (Studies in Corpus Linguistics, issn 1388-0373 ; v. 54) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Contrastive linguistics. 2. Computational linguistics. 3. Corpora (Linguistics) I. Aijmer, Karin, editor of compilation. II. Altenberg, Bengt, editor of compilation. III. Johansson, Stig, 1939- honouree. P134.A35 2013 410--dc23 2012043843 isbn 978 90 272 0359 5 (Hb ; alk. paper) isbn 978 90 272 7232 4 (Eb) © 2013 – John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. · P.O. 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Box 27519 · Philadelphia pa 19118-0519 · usa In memory of Stig Johansson (1939 – 2010) Pioneer in corpus linguistics, inspiring researcher and teacher, generous colleague and friend Table of contents List of contributors ix Introduction 1 Karin Aijmer and Bengt Altenberg Tertia comparationis in multilingual corpora 7 Thomas Egan Seeing the lexical profile of Swedish through multilingual corpora: The case of Swedish åka and other vehicle verbs 25 Åke Viberg A corpus-based analysis of English affixal negation translated into Spanish 57 Rosa Rabadán and Marlén Izquierdo English adverbs of essence and their equivalents in Dutch and French 83 Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen A parallel corpus approach to investigating semantic change 103 Kate Beeching Youngspeak: Spanish vale and English okay 127 Anna-Brita Stenström Quantity approximation in English and French business news reporting: More or less the same? 139 Sylvie De Cock and Diane Goossens Enriching the phraseological coverage of high-frequency adverbs in English-French bilingual dictionaries 157 Sylviane Granger and Marie-Aude Lefer Using recurrent word-combinations to explore cross-linguistic differences 177 Jarle Ebeling, Signe Oksefjell Ebeling and Hilde Hasselgård Cohesive substitution in English and German: A contrastive and corpus-based perspective 201 Kerstin Kunz and Erich Steiner viii Advances in Corpus-based Contrastive Linguistics The extraposition of clausal subjects in English and Swedish 233 Jennifer Herriman Thematic variation in English and Spanish newspaper genres: A contrastive corpus-based study 261 Julia Lavid, Jorge Arús and Lara Moratón Author index 287 Subject index 291 List of contributors Karin Aijmer University of Gothenburg, Sweden, [email protected] Bengt Altenberg University of Lund, Sweden, [email protected] Jorge Arús The Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, [email protected] Kate Beeching University of West England, Bristol, UK, [email protected] Sylvie De Cock Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, [email protected] Jarle Ebeling University of Oslo, Norway, [email protected] Thomas Egan Hedmark University College, Norway, [email protected] Diane Goossens Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, [email protected] Sylviane Granger Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, [email protected] Hilde Hasselgård University of Oslo, Norway, [email protected] Jennifer Herriman University of Gothenburg, Sweden, [email protected] Marlén Izquierdo University of León, Spain, [email protected] Kerstin Kunz University of Saarland, Germany, [email protected] Julia Lavid The Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, [email protected] Marie-Aude Lefer Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, [email protected]