Varieties of non-obvious meaning in CL and CADS: from hindsight post-dictability to sweet serendipity

E-ISSN： 1755-1676|12|3|339-367

ISSN： 1755-1676

Source： Corpora, Vol.12, Iss.3, 2017-11, pp. : 339-367

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Abstract

In this paper, I want to examine the special relevance of (non)obviousness in corpus linguistics through drawing on case studies. The research discussion is divided into two parts. The first is an examination of (non)obviousness at the micro-level, that is, in lexico-grammatical analyses, whilst the second looks at the more macro-level of (non)obviousness on the plane of discourse. In the final sections, I will examine various types of non-obvious meaning one can come across in Corpus-assisted Discourse Studies (CADS), which range from: I knew that all along (now) to that's interesting to I sensed that but didn't know why (intuitive impressions and corpus-assisted explanations) to I never even knew I never knew that (serendipity or non-obvious non-obviousness, analogous to unknown unknowns).