Chapter 4 Discussion and Results
4.4 Difference between Collostrucion and Collocation Results
Table 42. The Shared Collexemes of Global and Worldwide
Alphabetical Order Shared Collexemes Global DPW2C Rank Worldwide DPW2C Rank
1 Business 79 23
2 Competitiveness 102 7
3 Consensus 97 6
4 Crisis 10 12
5 Demand 8 19
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13 Problem 53 24
14 Ship 7 33
15 Shortage 111 4
16 Support 159 17
17 Trade 1 30
From the table above, it is safe to claim: There are 17 shared collexemes in collostruction “A/N + N” of Global and Worldwide. Their DPW2C ranks vary significantly, for example: As a shared collexeme, Trade ranks 1 with Global, while ranks 30 with Worldwide, which indicates we should consider Global more important than Worldwide when collocating before Trade. The detailed ranking difference are listed in appendix.
3 Security Security
4 Web Safety
5 Safety Web
6 Water Water
7 Owner Port
8 Construction Owner
9 Operator Construction
10 Design Cargo
From the table above, it is safe to claim the results are quite different between collostructional analysis and collocation analysis, Web ranks 4, Safety ranks 5, Owner ranks 7 and Construction ranks 8 in collostructional results, while Web ranks 5, Safety ranks 4, Owner ranks 8 and Construction ranks 9 in collostructional results. Operator and Design are in top 10 collostructional results, while Port and Cargo are in top 10 collocation results.
(2) Vessel
Table 44. The Top 10 Collostruction and Collocation Results of Vessel
Rank Vessel
Collostruction Results Collocation Results
1 Size Size
2 Traffic Traffic
3 Safety Safety
4 Personnel Personnel
5 Type Type
6 Facility Cargo
7 Distress Facility
8 Cargo Crew
9 Underway Position
10 Crew Distress
From the table above, it is safe to claim the results are quite different between collostructional analysis and collocation analysis, Facility ranks 6, Distress ranks 7, Cargo ranks 8 and Crew ranks 10 in collostruction results, while Facility ranks 7,
Distress ranks 10, Cargo ranks 6 and Crew ranks 8 in collostruction results.
Underway is in top 10 collostruction results, while Position is in top 10 collocation results.
(3) Port
Table 45. The Top 10 Collostruction and Collocation Results of Port
Rank Port
Collostruction Results Collocation Results
1 Facility Facility
2 State State
3 Authority Authority
4 Industry Industry
5 Service Service
6 Call Development
7 Development Call
8 Operation Operation
9 Terminal Terminal
10 Throughput Throughput
From the table above, it is safe to claim the results are a little different between collostructional analysis and collocation analysis, Call ranks 6 and Development ranks 7 in collostruction results, while Call ranks 7 and Development ranks 6 in collostruction results.
(4) Harbour
Table 46. The Top 10 Collostruction and Collocation Results of Harbour
Rank Harbour
Collostruction Results Collocation Results
1 Conservancy Conservancy
2 Master Master
3 Authority Authority
4 Maintenance Maintenance
5 River River
6 Entrance Entrance
7 Pilot Pilot
8 Tug Tug
9 Limit Limit
10 Control Control
From the table above, it is safe to claim the results are the same between collostructional analysis and collocation analysis.
(5) Global
Table 47. The Top 10 Collostruction and Collocation Results of Global
Rank Global
Collostruction Results Collocation Results
1 Trade Trade
2 Economy Economy
3 Position Position
4 Warm Ship
5 Environment Warm
6 Standard Environment
7 Ship Standard
8 Demand Demand
9 Navigation Navigation
10 Crisis Crisis
From the table above, it is safe to claim the results are quite different between collostructional analysis and collocation analysis, Warm ranks 4, Environment ranks 5, Standard ranks 6 and Ship ranks 7 in collostruction results, while Warm ranks 5, Environment ranks 6, Standard ranks 7 and Ship ranks 4 in collostruction results.
(6) Worldwide
Table 48. The Top 10 Collostruction and Collocation Results of Worldwide
Rank Worldwide
Collostruction Results Collocation Results
1 Itinerary Itinerary
2 Coverage Coverage
3 Ship Ship
4 Shortage Shortage
5 Average Average
6 Effort Effort
7 Information Information
8 Courtesy Courtesy
9 Criminalisation Criminalisation
10 Consensus Consensus
From the table above, it is safe to claim the results are the same between collostructional analysis and collocation analysis.
(7) Sea
Table 49. The Top 10 Collostruction and Collocation Results of Sea
Rank Sea
Collostruction Results Collocation Results
1 Area Area
2 Service Ship
3 Ship Service
4 State State
5 Protest Protest
6 Oil Oil
7 Water Water
8 Condition Condition
9 Level Level
10 Trial Operation
From the table above, it is safe to claim the results are a little different between
collostructional analysis and collocation analysis, Service ranks 2 and Ship ranks 3 in collostruction results, while Service ranks 3 and Ship ranks 2 in collostruction results.
Trial is in top 10 collostruction results, while Operation is in top 10 collocation results.
(8) Ocean
Table 50. The Top 10 Collostruction and Collocation Results of Ocean
Rank Ocean
Collostruction Results Collocation Results
1 Liner Liner
2 Fertilization Fertilization
3 Star Star
4 Ranger Ranger
5 Floor Floor
6 Hotel Hotel
7 Policy Policy
8 Region Region
9 Coast Coast
10 Area Area
From the table above, it is safe to claim the results are the same between collostructional analysis and collocation analysis.
(9) Coast
Table 51. The Top 10 Collostruction and Collocation Results of Coast
Rank Coast
Collostruction Results Collocation Results
1 Guard Guard
2 Somalia Somalia
3 Radio Radio
4 Africa Africa
5 Station Station
6 Canada Canada
7 Puerto Puerto
8 Louisiana Time
9 California Louisiana
10 India California
From the table above, it is safe to claim the results are a little different between collostructional analysis and collocation analysis, Louisiana ranks 8 and California ranks 9 in collostruction results, while Louisiana ranks 9 and California ranks 10 in collostruction results. India is in top 10 collostruction results, while Time is in top 10 collocation results.
(10)Shore
Table 52. The Top 10 Collostruction and Collocation Results of Shore
Rank Shore
Collostruction Results Collocation Results
1 Power Power
2 Staff Staff
3 Radar Radar
4 Authority Authority
5 Station Station
6 Leave Leave
7 Connection Connection
8 Light Light
9 Operator Ship
10 Figure Operator
From the table above, it is safe to claim the results are a little different between collostructional analysis and collocation analysis, Operator ranks 9 in collostruction results, while Operator ranks 10 in collostruction results. Figure is in top 10 collostruction results, while Ship is in top 10 collocation results.
(11)Marine
Table 53. The Top 10 Collostruction and Collocation Results of Maine
Rank Marine
Collostruction Results Collocation Results
1 Environment Environment
2 Pollution Pollution
3 Traffic Traffic
4 Insurance Insurance
5 Engineer Engineer
6 Accident Accident
7 Casualty Casualty
8 Communication Communication
9 Service Service
10 Claim Claim
From the table above, it is safe to claim the results are the same between collostructional analysis and collocation analysis.
(12)Maritime
Table 54. The Top 10 Collostruction and Collocation Results of Maritime
Rank Maritime
Collostruction Results Collocation Results
1 English English
2 Organization Organization
3 Safety Safety
4 Transport Transport
5 Security Security
6 University University
7 Industry Industry
8 Administration Administration
9 Community Community
10 Education Education
From the table above, it is safe to claim the results are the same between collostructional analysis and collocation analysis.
With the analysis above, there are obvious differences between collostructional analysis and collocation analysis. Collostructional analysis can be a new method for investigating collocates considering statistical methods, which are more convincing to traditional frequency-based collocation methods.