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Hi,

Please, help me with my research (particularly grammar and vocabulary). I’m concerned about the adjectives like “acoustical” or “poly-segmental”, “mono-segmental”. Are they ok for the linguistic research?
Here’s the excerpt:

The acoustical group comprises 112 corresponding markers, among them there are such mono-segmental nominations as: to laugh (56 times), to chuckle (29 times), to giggle (2 times), to squeak (1 time), to squeal (1 time), laughter (11), a laugh (8 times), a chuckle (3 times), a giggle (1 time). A vivid exemplification of one of them is:
Edward chuckled and deftly maneuvered out of the hug…
The verb chuckle means “to laugh quietly” (Oxford Wordpower Dictionary: 126), which is used in vampire’s speech quite often.
Concerning the poly-segmental nominations, they are represented mainly by the pattern to laugh “a certain kind of” a laugh:
Carlisle laughed another weary laugh.
In the given example fatigue is mingled with joy, still it produces an effect of a cheerful mood.
The total number of cases of the verbal expression nomination comprises 53 occurrences. The lexical units of direct nomination are: nouns – joy (6) and happiness (5); adjectives – glad (17), happy (9), amused (5), delighted (4), sanguine (2), euphoric (1), e.g.:
“I’m so glad you came to see me today, Jacob”, she said.
As for the indirect nomination, there are several metaphors together with a simile:
Happiness expanded like an explosion inside me…
…and smiled a wide smile that gleamed in the moonlight.

References:

  1. Turnbull J. Oxford Wordpower Dictionary / Joanna Turnbull, Victoria Bull, Patrick Phillips. – Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. – 889 p.
  2. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. – [Internet resource archive]. – Access mode : http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/ – Access date : [07.02.2018].
  3. Rose P. My Path to Linguistics (Biography and More). - [Internet resource archive]. – Access mode : http://writemypersonalstatement.net/ – Access date : [07.02.2018].
  4. Linguistics and Psychology course - [Internet resource archive]. – Access mode : https://www.umass.edu/ – Access date : [07.02.2018].

Thanks!

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It’s generally a really bad idea to post any sort of paper/assignment online.

Now, when you submit it to turnitin.com or one of the other other plagiarism filters, you may run across a problem-- for plagiarizing your own work.

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Thanks for your reply. I really didn’t think about that this way. It’s only a small part of the paper, so I hope there’ll be no issues with plagiarism. I’ll try to check the whole paper later with Copyscape though.
Thanks again.