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Figure 7.22. Sub-discipline plot for all variants of the pattern A DJ PR EP N (31.58%)
The plot for the pattern A DJ PR EP N shown in Figure 7.22 was produced by computing the
whole dataset for adjectives in the pattern A DJ PR EP N through a correspondence analysis.
As can be seen, all 8 applied linguistics sub-disciplines are concentrated in the lower area of
dimension 2, whereas all 8 business sub-disciplines are located in the upper area of dimension
2.
All in all, the various sub-disciplines of applied linguistics and business studies are, by
and large, clearly distinguished via either parameter 1 or parameter 2. More broadly, it should
be clear by now that our correspondence analysis confirms that, in most cases, there is a clear
interrelationship between disciplines and lexical items in the pattern A DJ PR EP N as it
occurs across the two corpora. Needless to say, it is difficult or almost impossible to imagine
how the interrelationships hidden in these corpora could be identified, let alone visualized so
clearly, through the investigation of manual concordances. Table 7.9 below summarizes the
results of the correspondence analysis for each type of the pattern A DJ PR EP N.
A DJ PR EP N about for from in of on to with 8 high 8 low all 16
C A Result
Table 7.9. Result of correspondence analysis
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