Conceptual analysis of lexical fields and its methods in English language

CHAPTER II

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   Activities based on the topic (8 tasks)
   

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   Complete the text about conceptual analysis below by writing a word from the box in each space.
   

Traditionally, concept analysis has most often been thought of in terms of (1) ____________ analysis. In conceptual analysis, a concept is chosen for (2)_______________, and the analysis involves quantifying and tallying its presence. Also known as (3)___________ analysis, the focus here is on looking at the occurrence of selected terms within a text or texts, although the terms may be implicit as well as (4)_____________. While explicit terms obviously are easy to identify, coding for implicit terms and deciding their (5) _______________ of implication is complicated by the need to base judgments on a somewhat subjective (6)_____________. To attempt to limit the subjectivity, then (as well as to limit problems of reliability and (7)_______________, coding such implicit terms usually involves the use of either a specialized (8)______________or contextual translation (9)____________. And sometimes, both tools are used--a trend reflected in recent versions of the Harvard and Lasswell (10)____________.

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   Underline the most appropriate word in each sentence.
   

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   Conceptual analysis begins with identifying research questions/answers/activities and choosing a sample or samples.
   
2. 
   The process of coding/experimenting/analyzing is basically one of selective reduction.
   
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   By reducing/implementing/selecting the text to categories consisting of a word, set of words or phrases, the researcher can focus on, and code for, specific words or patterns that are indicative of the research question.
   
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   An example of a conceptual analysis would be to examine several Clinton speeches/papers/researches on health care, made during the 1992 presidential campaign, and code them for the existence of certain words.
   
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   In conceptual analysis, the researcher simply wants to examine presence with respect to his/her research question/words/sentences, i.e. is there a stronger presence of positive or negative words used with respect to proposed or current health care plans, respectively.
   

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   Complete the table below by writing 8 steps of conducting conceptual analysis of the lexical fields.
   

4. 
   Complete the table below with making new words and giving their definitions on the topic of conceptual analysis of the lexical field denoting ‘spirituality and enlightenment’ in English and Uzbek.
   

Suffix	New example	Meaning
-ment	Enlightenment	The act or means of enlightening;
-tion
-ship
-lity
-ive
-ly
-ual

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