International Journal of Corpus Linguistics - Online First

This study applies full Multidimensional Analysis (MDA) to examine linguistic variation in the Polish Eurolect — a hybrid variety shaped by translation and institutional constraints within the European Union — by comparing it to the national variety. Using a corpus of key institutional registers (legal acts, judgments, administrative reports, and citizen-oriented websites), we identify four dimensions of variation: Argumentative vs Informational, Engaged Instruction vs Distanced Authority, Prescriptive vs Narrative, and Lexical Richness. The findings reveal notable differences between how supranational and national institutions communicate. EU legal acts and judgments show greater prescriptiveness, legal referencing, and argumentative structuring compared to their Polish counterparts. EU websites have less engagement and explanatory strategies while EU reports favour a less distanced style. The findings map variation and group institutional registers, thereby visualizing similarities and differences between supranational and national institutional communication.

This paper presents a corpus-based study that evaluates variables identified introspectively by Berthonneau (2002) in relation to the alternation between two French synonymous: prochain (‘next’ or ‘upcoming’) and suivant (‘following’ or ‘next’). Employing a multifactorial and behavioural profiles approach, we explore the asymmetry in their temporal and spatial applications. Our findings highlight distinct uses with temporal nouns, whereas uses with material nouns overlap. Binomial logistic regression and multiple correspondence analysis reveal a general divide between the deictic use of prochain and the anaphoric use of suivant, corroborating Berthonneau’s descriptions. Additionally, event predictability, which Berthonneau addressed only fleetingly, significantly influences form choice, with prochain often associated with general, eventual contexts and suivant with specific, predictable events. This study contributes to the understanding of how corpus-based methods can refine existing linguistic hypotheses by illuminating the intersections and divergences between empirical and introspective research.