CASH FLOW

a) Keyness

‘Cash flow’ was the fifty-ninth most significant two word cluster in the BEC corpus.

N	Word	bec freq.	bec.lst %	bnc freq.	bnc.lst %	Keyness	P
59	CASH FLOW	66	-	0	-	141.3	0.000000

b) Semantic Prosody

Left: Very small sample size but two groups identified.

semantic prosody	frequency/ 66 & %	example
availability	8- 12.12%	free cash flow
helping cash flow*	5 - 7.57%	this will improve the cash flow for small and medium-sized companies

*Includes two instances of right of the node collocation, e.g. cash flow maximization.

Right: One group identified. This shows slightly more interest in negative than positive aspects of cash flow:

semantic prosody	frequency/ 66 & %	example
negative	6 - 9.09%	severe cash flow difficulties solve their cash flow problems

c) Three-word clusters

N	cluster	Freq.
1	cash flow and	9
2	free cash flow	8
3	cash flow from	5
4	the cash flow	5
5	cash flow for	4
6	cash flow is	4

d) Macro-generic distribution

e) Colligation

i) Tendency to form three-word noun phrases:

cash flow management, cash flow maximization, cash flow monitoring, free cash flow

ii) cash flow + (plural) noun:

17 instances - 25.75% of sample

f) Associates

The cluster ‘cash flow’ was key in 6 files. The only associate of frequency > =5 was ‘cash flow’ itself.