The syntactico-semantic properties of "business verbs"

VOGEL, Radek. The syntactico-semantic properties of "business verbs". In SILSE 2009 - Silesian Studies in English. International Conference of English and American Studies. 2009.

Basic information

Original name

The syntactico-semantic properties of "business verbs"

Name in Czech

Syntakticko-sémantické vlastnosti sloves v ekonomických textech

Authors

VOGEL, Radek

Edition

SILSE 2009 - Silesian Studies in English. International Conference of English and American Studies. 2009

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

Keywords (in Czech)

sémantická klasifikace sloves; syntakticko-sémantické vlastnosti; výroční zprávy; slovesa v ekonomických textech

Keywords in English

semantic classification of verbs; syntactico-semantic properties; annual reports; "business verbs"

Tags

"business verbs", annual reports, semantic classification of verbs, syntactico-semantic properties

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Abstract

V originále

The verbs used in text and tabular sections of company annual reports display a notable tendency towards repetitiveness and their repertory also seems to be rather limited. However, different semantic categories as well as grammatical forms may be identified in this genre of Business English, which makes it far from being stereotypical, especially in the non-tabular sections. The paper is based on the analysis of a corpus of several company annual reports, focusing on the semantic traits of verbs used there, proportions between their occurrences in dynamic vs. stative functions, active vs. passive forms, variety of tenses, etc.