ONE OF THE
a) Frequency
‘One
of the’ was the second most frequent three-word cluster in the BEC and the
third most frequent in the BNC.
|
N in BEC |
Word |
bec freq. |
bec.lst % |
N in BNC |
bnc freq. |
bnc.lst % |
|
2 |
ONE
OF THE |
329 |
0.03 |
3 |
647 |
0.03 |
b) Semantic Prosody
Left:
No groups identified but see the colligation section below.
Right:
Three groups identified.
|
semantic prosody |
frequency/ 329 & % |
example |
|
positive |
42
- 12.76% |
one
of the best things about your loan
is ... one
of the fairytale successes of
Italian ... one
of the most highly regarded institutions |
|
negative |
21
- 6.38% |
one
of the biggest difficulties one
of the hardest things one
of the worst death rates |
|
cardinal/ordinal
numbers: |
25
- 7.59% |
one
of the first Business Links one
of the two pending mergers |
c) Clusters
6-word:
|
N |
cluster |
Freq. |
|
1 |
one
of the things that i |
4 |
|
2 |
and
one of the following languages |
3 |
|
3 |
English
and one of the following |
3 |
|
4 |
fluent
in English and one of |
3 |
|
5 |
in
English and one of the |
3 |
|
6 |
is
one of the most important |
3 |
|
7 |
one
of the things that's driving |
3 |
|
8 |
one
of the two largest suppliers |
3 |
5-word:
|
N |
cluster |
Freq. |
|
1 |
one
of the things that |
11 |
|
2 |
is
one of the most |
6 |
|
3 |
one
of the things we |
5 |
|
4 |
i
think one of the |
4 |
|
5 |
is
one of the things |
4 |
|
6 |
is
one of the world's |
4 |
|
7 |
of
the things that i |
4 |
|
8 |
one
of the most important |
4 |
|
9 |
one
of the things i |
4 |
|
10 |
one
of the world's most |
4 |
4-word:
|
N |
cluster |
Freq. |
|
1 |
is
one of the |
39 |
|
2 |
one
of the things |
30 |
|
3 |
one
of the most |
26 |
|
4 |
and
one of the |
17 |
|
5 |
one
of the world's |
15 |
|
6 |
one
of the biggest |
14 |
|
7 |
one
of the first |
14 |
|
8 |
one
of the largest |
12 |
|
9 |
of
the things that |
11 |
|
10 |
one
of the reasons |
10 |
|
11 |
one
of the two |
10 |
|
12 |
as
one of the |
9 |
|
13 |
in
one of the |
9 |
|
14 |
that's
one of the |
9 |
|
15 |
one
of the big |
8 |
|
16 |
was
one of the |
8 |
|
17 |
it's
one of the |
7 |
|
18 |
one
of the best |
7 |
|
19 |
one
of the key |
7 |
|
20 |
one
of the few |
6 |
|
21 |
one
of the problems |
6 |
|
22 |
be
one of the |
5 |
|
23 |
of
one of the |
5 |
|
24 |
of
the things we |
5 |
|
25 |
one
of the following |
5 |
|
26 |
one
of the major |
5 |
|
27 |
are
one of the |
4 |
|
28 |
become
one of the |
4 |
|
29 |
from
one of the |
4 |
|
30 |
i
think one of |
4 |
|
31 |
into
one of the |
4 |
|
32 |
of
the most important |
4 |
|
33 |
of
the things i |
4 |
|
34 |
of
the world's most |
4 |
|
35 |
one
of the other |
4 |
|
36 |
one
of the questions |
4 |
|
37 |
one
of the top |
4 |
|
38 |
that
one of the |
4 |
|
39 |
the
things that i |
4 |
|
40 |
think
one of the |
4 |
d) Macro-generic distribution
e) Colligation
i) one
of the + superlative:
79
instances - 24.01% of sample
one
of the biggest businesses in
ii) one of the + cardinal/ordinal numbers:
25 instances - 7.59% of sample
one
of the first Business Links, one of the two pending mergers
iv) one of the + things (+ that) (personal pronoun):
30
instances - 9.11% of sample
f) Associates
No
associates found.