The corpus was created on the principle of noting the difference between test types used for doing business and those for ‘talking about’ business. This is reflected in the categorisations below.
WRITING ABOUT BUSINESS
|
PART OF CORPUS |
TOKENS |
CONTENTS |
|
BUSINESS BOOKS |
53,470 |
5 extracts from different
books (approx. 10,000 words each)[1] |
|
BUSINESS NEWSPAPERS |
64,291 |
121 articles |
|
BUSINESS JOURNALS & MAGAZINES |
78,846 |
52 articles |
|
TOTAL |
196, 607 |
|
WRITING TO DO BUSINESS
|
PART OF CORPUS |
TOKENS |
CONTENTS |
|
ANNUAL REPORTS |
34,537 |
3 annual reports |
|
BUS PRESS RELEASES |
21,656 |
29 business press releases |
|
BUSINESS CONTRACTS |
29, 602 |
13 contracts/agreements |
|
BUSINESS FAXES |
23,105 |
114 faxes |
|
BUSINESS LETTERS |
26,793 |
94 letters |
|
BUSINESS REPORTS |
62,908 |
17 reports |
|
COMPANY BROCHURES |
23,239 |
13 company brochures |
|
EMAILS |
28,857 |
202 emails |
|
JOB ADVERTISEMENTS |
22,293 |
87 job advertisements |
|
MANUALS |
21,160 |
5 manuals |
|
MEMOS |
12,542 |
47 memos |
|
MINUTES |
34,805 |
15 sets of minutes |
|
PRODUCT BROCHURES |
26,175 |
19 product brochures |
|
QUOTATIONS |
8,997 |
21 quotations |
|
MISCELLANEOUS |
2,427 |
OHT, job description &
agendas |
|
TOTAL |
379, 096 |
|
TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS
|
PART OF CORPUS |
TOKENS |
CONTENTS |
|
INTERVIEWS |
70,894 |
24 interviews |
|
BUSINESS ON RADIO & TV |
148,983 |
72 broadcasts |
|
TOTAL |
219, 877 |
|
SPEAKING TO DO BUSINESS
|
PART OF CORPUS |
TOKENS |
CONTENTS |
|
JOB INTERVIEWS: 3 JOB INTERVIEWS 3 JOB ASSESSMENT INTERVIEWS |
17,447 |
6 interviews |
|
MEETINGS: 4 MEETINGS 5 MEETINGS 1 MEETING 4 MEETINGS 1 MEETING TOTAL WORDS: |
126, 243 |
15 MEETINGS technical financial orientation/planning sales and marketing presentation of new
products |
|
NEGOTIATING |
16, 450 |
4 negotiation sessions |
|
TELEPHONE CALLS |
30, 414 |
89 phone conversations |
|
SPEECHES/ PRESENTATIONS |
19,020 |
5 speeches |
|
TRAINING SESSION |
17, 867 |
1 session of technical
training |
|
TOTAL |
227,441 |
|