DELIVERY
a) Keyness
The
lemma ‘delivery’ was the fifty-fifth most significant key word in the BEC
corpus.
|
N |
Word |
bec freq. |
bec.lst % |
bnc freq. |
bnc.lst % |
Keyness |
P |
|
55 |
DELIVERY |
291 |
0.03 |
56 |
- |
363.4 |
0.000000 |
b) Semantic Prosody
Left:
Three small groups were identified.
|
semantic prosody |
frequency/245 & % |
example |
|
time/timing
of delivery |
35
- 13.77% |
after delivery next-day delivery shorter delivery time |
|
products/services (what
is being delivered) |
16
- 6.53% |
cable delivery parcel delivery |
|
nature
of delivery |
6 -
2.4% |
recorded delivery special delivery |
Right:
One clear group identified.
|
semantic prosody |
frequency/245 & % |
example |
|
time/timing |
38
- 15.51% |
delivery
dates delivery
on the 29th delivery
schedule |
c) Three-word clusters
|
N |
cluster |
Freq. |
|
1 |
delivery
of the |
22 |
|
2 |
of
the goods |
22 |
|
3 |
at
the time |
7 |
|
4 |
the
delivery of |
7 |
|
5 |
time
of delivery |
7 |
|
6 |
fails
to take |
6 |
|
7 |
take
delivery of |
6 |
|
8 |
to
take delivery |
6 |
|
9 |
and
delivery of |
5 |
|
10 |
buyer
wrongfully fails |
4 |
|
11 |
generally
# to |
4 |
|
12 |
goods
howsoever caused |
4 |
|
13 |
the
time of |
4 |
|
14 |
the
time stated |
4 |
|
15 |
wrongfully
fails to |
4 |
d) Macro-generic distribution
e) Colligation
COBUILD
Sense 1 (bringing of goods to a house/place)
201
instances - 82.04% of sample
Patterns:
Variable noun
I’ll change that then on the delivery
address
I would feel happier if the local port
sales kept control of delivery
COBUILD
Sense 2 (delivery of something - the
goods that are delivered)
44
instances - 17.95% of sample
Patterns:
Count noun
in
the collection, conveyance and delivery of any such parcel whatsoever ...
Other
patterns:
Prepositional
collocation is used notably with this word in the following ways:
i) delivery
+ of
(shows what is to be delivered):
delivery
of a new IT strategy, delivery of the goods, delivery of new services
delivery
+ of + what is to be delivered occurs 43 times (i.e. in 17.55% of the examples of
‘delivery’ from the sample).
ii) delivery + to (shows where/to whom the goods are to be
delivered):
delivery
to
delivery
+ to + where/to whom the goods are to be delivered occurs 9 times ( i.e. in 3.67% of the
examples of delivery from the sample).
iii) delivery + from - where goods have come from
(only 3 occurrences).
iv)
Several
examples of noun phrases co-joined by the word and. These display a high degree of nominalisation:
10
instances - 4.08%
of sample
delivery
and payment terms, delivery and installation, packaging and delivery,
conveyance and delivery
f) Associates
|
N |
WORD |
NO. OF FILES |
AS % |
|
1 |
DELIVERY |
14 |
100.00 |
|
2 |
OR |
7 |
50.00 |
|
3 |
SHALL |
7 |
50.00 |
|
4 |
CONTRACT |
6 |
42.86 |
|
5 |
OF |
6 |
42.86 |
|
6 |
BY |
6 |
42.86 |
|
7 |
PAYMENT |
5 |
35.71 |
|
8 |
THE |
5 |
35.71 |
|
9 |
ANY |
5 |
35.71 |
|
10 |
BE |
5 |
35.71 |
Comments
1.
Unfortunately, this sample is somewhat skewed by use of the word ‘delivery’ in
a business contract.
2.
Useful for students - collocating verbs:
take
delivery of, accept delivery, arrange delivery