Corpus Analysis of the Terms Denoting Covid-19
Authors
Lixin Xia1, Yun Xia2, *
1Center for Lexicographical Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou 510420, China
2Center for Linguistics and Foreign Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou 510420, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 200211103@oamail.gdufs.edu.cn
Corresponding Author
Yun Xia
Available Online 23 November 2021.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211122.086How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Covid-19; Coronavirus; Corpus linguistics; Terminology; Lexicography
- Abstract
This paper aims to look at the use of the terms denoting Covid-19 in English new media and the linguistic changes in the period of January 2020 to January 2021. A corpus-based methodology was adopted. From the Coronavirus Corpus, the relative frequency of seven terms was retrieved. They are Covid-19, covid, coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV-2, corona and rona. It was found that most of the terms have become more frequent in English news reports except the term coronavirus, corona and 2019-nCoV. Covid-19 and covid dominate news discourse. Furthermore, regional differences in the use of the Corvid-related terms have been observed in the corpus data. For example, rona is currently trending in Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
- Copyright
- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Lixin Xia AU - Yun Xia PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/23 TI - Corpus Analysis of the Terms Denoting Covid-19 BT - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 205 EP - 209 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211122.086 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211122.086 ID - Xia2021 ER -