SEND

a) Keyness

The lemma ‘send’ was the one hundred and tenth most significant key word in the BEC corpus.

N	Word	bec freq.	bec.lst %	bnc freq.	bnc.lst %	Keyness	P
110	SEND	706	0.07	600	0.03	213.6	0.000000

b) Semantic Prosody

Left: One small group/chunk identified.

semantic prosody	frequency/ 365 & %	example
request (please)	28 - 7.67%	please send your full CV please send me a catalogue please send us a tender

Right: One large group identified. Notable is that many of these documents are business related: invoices, promotional material, a loan agreement, CV, tender

semantic prosody	frequency/ 365 & %	example
documents	143 - 39.17%	send a confirmation email send a fax send a CV

c) Three-word clusters

N	cluster	Freq.
1	send it to	15
2	going to send	14
3	to send it	14
4	send you a	12
5	to send you	11
6	I will send	9
7	send me a	9
8	are going to	8
9	to send a	8
10	to send me	8
11	if you send	7
12	send you the	7
13	send your CV	7
14	to send them	7
15	your CV to	7
16	can you send	6
17	have to send	6
18	if we send	6
19	send them to	6
20	to send out	6
21	will send you	6
22	you send it	6
23	back to you	5
24	cost to send	5
25	could you send	5
26	fax your CV	5
27	I’ll send you	5
28	need to send	5
29	or fax your	5
30	please send full	5
31	please send me	5
32	please send or	5
33	please send your	5
34	send it back	5
35	send me the	5
36	send or fax	5
37	we can send	5
38	you send me	5
39	you send us	5
40	a copy of	4
41	and I’ll send	4
42	if i send	4
43	if you could	4
44	it to Gardner’s	4
45	send a copy	4
46	send a fax	4
47	send full CV	4
48	send me an	4
49	send me some	4
50	send us a	4
51	they are going	4
52	to send pages	4
53	to send the	4
54	want to send	4
55	will send a	4
56	will send them	4
57	you could send	4
58	you send a	4
59	you send the	4

d) Macro-generic distribution

e) Colligation

COBUILD Sense 1 (send someone something)

355 instances - 97.26% of sample

Patterns: Verb-noun-noun/verb-noun-to-noun/verb-noun/

send a copy of your letter, send a photocopy to the bookshops, send a fax

COBUILD Sense 2 (send someone somewhere)

6 instances - 1.64% of sample

Patterns: Verb-noun

send a technical assistant, send the man in there

COBUILD Sense 3 (send someone to an institution such as a school... to stay for a period of time)

Patterns: Verb-noun-to-noun

3 instances - 0.82% of sample

ended up having to send her to hospital, send UA students to educational or business...

COBUILD Sense 6 (send someone or something into a state)

Patterns: Verb/verb-noun-preposition

1 instance - 0.27% of sample

bring it to a shuddering halt or even send it in reverse

Other patterns:

i) modal/auxiliary + send: (this group expresses the likelihood/necessity/ability of the sending)

96 instances - 26.3% of sample

I could send you copies if you wished, merger that would send shockwaves

ii) verb + noun + to + send / verb + to + send

68 instances - 18.63% of sample

paying a tax to send a personal message, I propose to send the following

iii) noun + to + send

13 instances - 3.65%

The address to send all future remittances to is, There is no confirmation number to send you ...

iv) phrasal verb:

send out: 13 instances - 3.56% of sample

we need to send out information, we’ll send out invitations

v) send + personal pronoun:

85 instances - 23.28% of sample

f) Associates

N	WORD	NO. OF FILES	AS %
1	SEND	12	100.00
2	OK	8	66.67
3	SO	7	58.33
4	BECAUSE	7	58.33
5	WE	7	58.33
6	THAT'S	6	50.00
7	YEAH	6	50.00
8	IT'S	6	50.00
9	RIGHT	6	50.00
10	DO	5	41.67
11	BOOKS	5	41.67
12	MEAN	5	41.67