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Figure 7.7. Adjective plot for A DJ from N (37.56%)<br />

Conversely, adjectives close to the axis of dimension 2 (viz. the area of applied linguistics)<br />

such as separated (14 in ALC; 8 in BC) <strong>and</strong> evident (13 in ALC; 9 in BC) occur more<br />

frequently in ALC than BC. That is, adjectives in business studies are likely to occur in<br />

applied linguistics as well. This is largely because samples (viz. sub-disciplines) in each<br />

quadrant or in the positive / negative area of each dimension (e.g. the first <strong>and</strong> second<br />

quadrants are the positive area of dimension 1) have a similar response pattern of variables<br />

(viz. adjectives in the pattern). That is, it may be a little too radical to assert a clear distinction<br />

in the use of adjectives in the pattern A DJ from N between the two disciplines. Overall,<br />

adjectives in the pattern A DJ from N are likely to express various kinds of relation between<br />

things, particularly the (no) distance between things (viz. the DISTANCE group in the current<br />

study), irrespective of disciplines, such as different, far, distinct, separate, independent,<br />

inseparable, free, divorced <strong>and</strong> so on. However, the particular preference for specific<br />

adjective types does differ between applied linguistics <strong>and</strong> business studies, as will be<br />

discussed in detail in Sections 9.1.4 (i.e. the DISTANCE group) <strong>and</strong> 9.1.5 (i.e. the<br />

DETECTABILITY group) of this thesis.<br />

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