GLOBAL
a) Keyness
The lemma ‘global’ was the thirty-fourth most significant
key word in the BEC corpus.
|
N |
Word |
bec freq. |
bec.lst % |
bnc freq. |
bnc.lst % |
Keyness |
P |
|
32 |
GLOBAL |
324 |
0.03 |
34 |
- |
497.6 |
0.000000 |
b) Semantic Prosody
Left: No clear groups identified
Right: Several small but distinct
groups were identified. The sample was, however, skewed by the large number of
references to company names that included the word ‘global’, for example, Global Alliance, Trans-Global Sports, The
Global Human Resource Institute. It may also be suggested, however, that
the broad connotations of the word ‘global’ make it an attractive company name.
|
semantic prosody |
frequency/ 324
& % |
example |
|
(business) characteristics/qualities |
13 - 4.01% |
global ability global competitiveness |
|
business activities |
57 - 17.59% |
global branding global investment global purchasing global business |
|
products |
15 - 4.62% |
global brands global exports the global chip
business |
|
companies/institutions |
54 - 16.66% |
global auto maker global firm global company |
|
people |
18 - 5.55% |
global expert global manager global strategist |
|
economic/financial indicators |
26 - 8.02% |
global deflation global markets global profit and
loss |
c) Three-word
clusters
|
N |
cluster |
Freq. |
|
1 |
institute for global |
18 |
|
2 |
the institute for |
18 |
|
3 |
for global business |
17 |
|
4 |
global sports ltd |
13 |
|
5 |
trans-global sports |
13 |
|
6 |
global human resource |
12 |
|
7 |
of the global |
11 |
|
8 |
human resource institute |
10 |
|
9 |
the global human |
9 |
|
10 |
in a global |
5 |
|
11 |
of a global |
5 |
|
12 |
of the institute |
5 |
|
13 |
the global economy |
5 |
|
14 |
a global scale |
4 |
|
15 |
alliance value investors |
4 |
|
16 |
global alliance value |
4 |
|
17 |
in the global |
4 |
|
18 |
on a global |
4 |
|
19 |
the global hr |
4 |
d) Macro-generic
distribution
e) Colligation
COBUILD Sense 1 (something that happens in all parts of the
world = worldwide)
100% of the sample
Patterns: Adjective
Amazon.com, the global
book distributor
Other patterns:
i) Central position in three-word noun phrases:
19 instances - 5.86% of sample
aggressive global
backing, leading global distributor, single global brand, major global projects
ii) Has a strong tendency to be post-modified into compound
nouns:
global economy, global
market, global brand, global business
f) Associates
|
N |
WORD |
NO. OF FILES |
AS % |
|
1 |
GLOBAL |
23 |
100.00 |
|
2 |
BUSINESS |
9 |
39.13 |
|
3 |
SYSTEMS |
7 |
30.43 |
|
4 |
COMPANY |
7 |
30.43 |
|
5 |
INTERNATIONAL |
6 |
26.09 |
|
6 |
ITS |
5 |
21.74 |