Corpus Linguistics
CASS Corpus Approaches to Social Science
Corpus Linguistics 1. Introduction to Corpora
Frequencies • Your query "wash" returned 2415 matches in 952 different texts (in 97,626,093 words; freq: 24.74 instances per million words)
Concordances aka Key Word In Context 1
use of the poison, and couldn't
wash
them because there was no water avai
2
.Waves of sleep then started to
wash
over me and I dozed fitfully until dawn.
3
ardly any sleep, a rudimentary
wash
at the station, an hour's work, a long
4
oth caterpillars), tar oil winter
wash
to deal with woolly aphids and pb
5
en twisted off.You should never
wash
roots before storing, but always gently ru
6
ere is a bath/shower, toilet and
wash
basin and be able to use them,
7
time ! says Sebastian. Don't
wash
it for three days! Give it time,
8
his tie, roll up his sleeves and
wash
his hands.Possibly he also washed his fac
9
agreed that Rodney should not
wash
up.Peter produced a bottle of Bacardi,
10
MO.Next.Can't I have a
wash
and a change first, sergeant?"
11
replaced each plug -- in the
wash
basin, the bath, the sink.I poured
12
from the Severn estuary to the
Wash
. North of the line there is a significantly
Concordance (sorted at 1L) 1
from the Severn estuary to the
wash
. North of the line there is a significantly
2
MO.Next. Can't I have a
wash
and a change first, sergeant?"
3
ardly any sleep, a rudimentary
wash
at the station, an hour's work, a long
4
replaced each plug -- in the
wash
basin, the bath, the sink.I poured
5
ere is a bath/shower, toilet and
wash
basin and be able to use them,
6
his tie, roll up his sleeves and
wash
his hands.Possibly he also washed his fac
7
time ! says Sebastian. Don't
wash
it for three days! Give it time,
8
.Waves of sleep then started to
wash
over me and I dozed fitfully until dawn.
9
en twisted off.You should never
wash
roots before storing, but always gently ru
wash
them because there was no water avai
10
use of the poison, and couldn't
11
oth caterpillars), tar oil winter
wash
to deal with woolly aphids and pb
12
agreed that Rodney should not
wash
up. Peter produced a bottle of Bacardi,
Collocations No.
Word
Total No. in the whole BNC
As collocate
In No. of texts
Mutual information value
1
pedestal
186
9
2
8.53718480
2
basin
1199
57
33
8.51169338
3
shave
320
13
12
8.28493070
4
basins
319
11
11
8.04843824
5
detergent
250
6
5
7.52559718
6
scrub
435
9
8
7.31147254
7
shampoo
295
6
6
7.28681096
8
dishes
1380
27
21
7.23085372
9
pots
968
14
10
6.79491090
10
embroys
444
5
1
6.43393068
11
thoroughly
2046
23
21
6.43139053
12
underwear
462
5
4
6.37659798
Distribution information The following distribution of “wash” was found: Category Female Male Total
No. of words 3,267,444 4,920,742 8,188,186
No. of hits Freq per million words 298 91.2 178 36.17 476 58.13
Corpus Linguistics 1. Introduction to Corpora
Frequencies • Your query "wash" returned 2415 matches in 952 different texts (in 97,626,093 words; freq: 24.74 instances per million words)
Concordances aka Key Word In Context 1
use of the poison, and couldn't
wash
them because there was no water avai
2
.Waves of sleep then started to
wash
over me and I dozed fitfully until dawn.
3
ardly any sleep, a rudimentary
wash
at the station, an hour's work, a long
4
oth caterpillars), tar oil winter
wash
to deal with woolly aphids and pb
5
en twisted off.You should never
wash
roots before storing, but always gently ru
6
ere is a bath/shower, toilet and
wash
basin and be able to use them,
7
time ! says Sebastian. Don't
wash
it for three days! Give it time,
8
his tie, roll up his sleeves and
wash
his hands.Possibly he also washed his fac
9
agreed that Rodney should not
wash
up.Peter produced a bottle of Bacardi,
10
MO.Next.Can't I have a
wash
and a change first, sergeant?"
11
replaced each plug -- in the
wash
basin, the bath, the sink.I poured
12
from the Severn estuary to the
Wash
. North of the line there is a significantly
Concordance (sorted at 1L) 1
from the Severn estuary to the
wash
. North of the line there is a significantly
2
MO.Next. Can't I have a
wash
and a change first, sergeant?"
3
ardly any sleep, a rudimentary
wash
at the station, an hour's work, a long
4
replaced each plug -- in the
wash
basin, the bath, the sink.I poured
5
ere is a bath/shower, toilet and
wash
basin and be able to use them,
6
his tie, roll up his sleeves and
wash
his hands.Possibly he also washed his fac
7
time ! says Sebastian. Don't
wash
it for three days! Give it time,
8
.Waves of sleep then started to
wash
over me and I dozed fitfully until dawn.
9
en twisted off.You should never
wash
roots before storing, but always gently ru
wash
them because there was no water avai
10
use of the poison, and couldn't
11
oth caterpillars), tar oil winter
wash
to deal with woolly aphids and pb
12
agreed that Rodney should not
wash
up. Peter produced a bottle of Bacardi,
Collocations No.
Word
Total No. in the whole BNC
As collocate
In No. of texts
Mutual information value
1
pedestal
186
9
2
8.53718480
2
basin
1199
57
33
8.51169338
3
shave
320
13
12
8.28493070
4
basins
319
11
11
8.04843824
5
detergent
250
6
5
7.52559718
6
scrub
435
9
8
7.31147254
7
shampoo
295
6
6
7.28681096
8
dishes
1380
27
21
7.23085372
9
pots
968
14
10
6.79491090
10
embroys
444
5
1
6.43393068
11
thoroughly
2046
23
21
6.43139053
12
underwear
462
5
4
6.37659798
Distribution information The following distribution of “wash” was found: Category Female Male Total
No. of words 3,267,444 4,920,742 8,188,186
No. of hits Freq per million words 298 91.2 178 36.17 476 58.13
