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I tried with Mike Nelson's Computer and Semantic Prosody
The following is the result. It's pretty interesting.
Analysis for text
Language
English, character set: utf-8
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Lexical analysis
Number of words (tokens): 1249
Number of distinct words (types): 437
Average number of words per sentence: 16.43
Average number of words per paragraph: 49.96
Lexical density: 0.35
Average number of characters per word: 3.92
Average number of syllables per word: 2.36
Longest word: 'philadelphia/amsterdam:' (23 characters)
Shortest word: 'way' (3 characters)
Ten most frequent words: semantic 28
prosody 25
words 20
english 15
business 13
analysis 12
language 11
word 11
example 8
collocates 7
Most frequent words: semantic 28
prosody 25
words 20
english 15
business 13
analysis 12
language 11
word 11
example 8
collocates 7
corpus 7
also 7
can 6
computers 5
way 5
general 5
used 5
oxford 4
found 4
lexical 4
prosodies 4
market 4
positive 4
collocation 4
made 4
wordsmith 4
students 4
important 4
show 3
whilst 3
practice 3
unique 3
level 3
sample) 3
people 3
see 3
computer 3
collocate 3
new 3
first 3
use 3
negative 3
john 3
stubbs 3
share 3
compared 3
computerised 3
typical 3
help 2
text 2
displayed 2
years 2
(1995) 2
environment 2
bnc 2
good 2
aspects 2
finance 2
means 2
press 2
big 2
possible 2
university 2
fixed 2
noted 2
manual 2
eg 2
export 2
shown 2
positivity 2
research 2
collocational 2
shows 2
honour 2
never 2
understanding 2
groups 2
become 2
losing 2
phrases 2
louw 2
whole 2
(1999) 2
simple 2
(eds) 2
tools 2
examples 2
mike 2
bec 2
work 2
enables 2
result 2
indicates 2
seen 2
phrase 2
technology 2
variety 2
provide 2
whereas 2
note 2
finding 2
time 2
connected 2
(1993) 2
well 2
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Phrasal analysis
Ten most frequent two-word phrases: semantic prosody 20
business english 10
general english 5
semantic prosodies 3
market share 3
typical collocates 3
semantic groups 2
university press 2
displayed semantic 2
positive semantic 2
Ten most frequent three-word phrases: unique prosody connected 2
oxford university press 2
semantic prosody can 2
positive semantic prosody 2
displayed semantic prosody 2
easily accesible form 1
lexical analysis program 1
word business english 1
students better learning 1
british national corpus 1
Ten most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words: semantic prosody 20
business english 10
of the 10
in the 9
for example 6
the word 6
of semantic 5
general english 5
such as 4
in business 4
Ten most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words: in business english 4
a semantic prosody 3
of the sample) 3
semantic prosody is 3
of semantic prosody 3
in general english 3
unique prosody connected 2
semantic prosody can 2
displayed semantic prosody 2
found to collocate 2
Most frequent two-word phrases: semantic prosody 20
business english 10
general english 5
semantic prosodies 3
market share 3
typical collocates 3
business people 2
unique prosody 2
semantic groups 2
language analysis 2
words become 2
oxford university 2
university press 2
displayed semantic 2
prosody connected 2
lexical analysis 2
positive semantic 2
prosody can 2
new aspects 2
wordsmith tools 2
Most frequent three-word phrases: semantic prosody can 2
oxford university press 2
unique prosody connected 2
displayed semantic prosody 2
positive semantic prosody 2
Most frequent four-word phrases:
Most frequent five-word phrases:
Most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words: semantic prosody 20
of the 10
business english 10
in the 9
for example 6
the word 6
of semantic 5
general english 5
found to 4
it was 4
such as 4
in business 4
corpus of 3
with a 3
some words 3
the way 3
to see 3
of language 3
with the 3
of words 3
prosody is 3
compared to 3
semantic prosodies 3
the analysis 3
a semantic 3
prosody of 3
the sample) 3
in a 3
market share 3
typical collocates 3
in general 3
in which 3
can be 3
in both 3
of lexical 3
result of 2
to have 2
of computerised 2
to collocate 2
displayed semantic 2
this indicates 2
fixed in 2
unique prosody 2
is a 2
computers to 2
is important 2
be seen 2
in honour 2
a prosody 2
what is 2
the phrase 2
is at 2
be made 2
a unique 2
70 words 2
aspects of 2
of all 2
be used 2
the level 2
words such 2
words in 2
collocate with 2
the positivity 2
of john 2
that semantic 2
level of 2
had a 2
has been 2
positive semantic 2
to be 2
use in 2
words become 2
oxford university 2
way in 2
have been 2
business people 2
if they 2
for a 2
at work 2
new aspects 2
university press 2
when compared 2
words or 2
semantic groups 2
lexical analysis 2
language that 2
prosody connected 2
the semantic 2
honour of 2
they are 2
wordsmith tools 2
was noted 2
collocates with 2
and language 2
the same 2
other words 2
connected to 2
prosody and 2
and the 2
in practice 2
become more 2
a corpus 2
of business 2
how the 2
as well 2
the bec 2
that the 2
language analysis 2
prosody can 2
prosody with 2
english when 2
tools 3 2
Most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words: in business english 4
a semantic prosody 3
in general english 3
of semantic prosody 3
of the sample) 3
semantic prosody is 3
of business english 2
of language that 2
displayed semantic prosody 2
positive semantic prosody 2
found to collocate 2
the way in 2
that semantic prosody 2
the level of 2
semantic prosody can 2
with the word 2
a unique prosody 2
use in general 2
words such as 2
unique prosody connected 2
oxford university press 2
prosody connected to 2
is at work 2
words become more 2
found to have 2
70 words or 2
of semantic prosodies 2
corpus of business 2
in honour of 2
to collocate with 2
when compared to 2
way in which 2
wordsmith tools 3 2
semantic prosody of 2
prosody is at 2
semantic prosody and 2
new aspects of 2
business english when 2
Most frequent four-word phrases, including stop words: use in general english 2
corpus of business english 2
in business english when 2
a semantic prosody of 2
semantic prosody is at 2
a unique prosody connected 2
the way in which 2
of semantic prosody is 2
unique prosody connected to 2
prosody is at work 2
found to collocate with 2
Most frequent five-word phrases, including stop words: a unique prosody connected to 2
of semantic prosody is at 2
semantic prosody is at work 2
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Textual analysis
Number of paragraphs: 25
Number of sentences: 76
Average number of sentences per paragraph: 3.04
Longest sentence: 'if we can assume that 'normal' collocation is important for students to learn, then collocation at the semantic prosodic level must also be seen as important as it enables typical collocates for a given word to be exemplified, whilst also providing students with a means for understanding the 'sense' of a word. ' (52 words)
Shortest sentence: 'francis, g. ' (2 words)
Readability according to Gunning-Fog Index (the higher, the harder to read): 11.06
Readability according to Automated Readability Index (the higher, the harder to read): 5.25
Readability according to Coleman-Liau Index (the higher, the harder to read): 7.29
Average readability (the higher, the harder to read): 7.87
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Abstract: semantic prosody in business english in the research discussed here, i examined a number of words taken from my 1 million word business english corpus (bec) to see if they displayed semantic prosody and if they did, what kind.
semantic prosody is a term first mentioned by louw (1993) and means simply that words as well has having typical collocates, e.g.
of the 70 words or phrases under analysis, 67 of them displayed semantic prosody to a greater or lesser extent.
stubbs also gives an example of positive semantic prosody - provide -which has amongst its typical collocates words such as care, food, help, jobs, relief and support.
the second finding was that semantic prosody shows that the collocates of words become more fixed in the business english environment when compared to their use in general english.
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