Word Camp Research Paper

Have you ever wondered how the noun and verb form of the word camp could differ? How is it possible to have a noun and verb for of the same word? Although that may seem outrageous there are plenty of words that have a noun and verb form that are closely related to each other. For example; record, escort, insult, crash, phone, shop, etc all have a noun and verb form and this list could go on-and-on. Today we will focus on analyzing the word 'camp'. To begin our analyzation on the word 'camp' we must first realize the different forms/senses of the word. The first section of this paper deals with just that. As for the second section; we will discover if 'camp' could be countable in its noun sense. This meaning; can you have two camps, add on, or take away from camp? The last piece of research we will conspire is 'camp' in its verb form. This section will deal with the complicated matter of telicity, meaning is the verb able to be completed. The focus on this paper is on boundedness, for countability and telicity both require knowledge on boundedness. …show more content…
In this section we will look at the word "camp" used in real-life scenarios. I pulled my data from the Corpus of Contemporary American English. I filtered my results so there would only be spoken data taken from the Corpora. I decided to start from number 4 and chose every 10th example from there. This makes the results more standardize and helps see what type of sense "camp" is used the majority of the time. Here is the list of data I pulled from the Corpora:
"The Biggest Loser. He's got a new book, The Biggest Loser Boot Camp: The Eight-Week Get Real, Get Results Weight-Loss Program."
"I have Blake. He's …show more content…
2.a person who adopts a teasing, theatrical manner, especially for the amusement of