Discipline-Conditioned Choice And Use Of General Scientific (Academic) Vocabulary
Table 1:
| Academic words |
BiomedIpm |
HistoryIpm |
Social scienceIpm |
HumanitiesIpm |
| Verbs |
Use |
3241.4 |
88.7 |
183.5 |
1248.1 |
| Increase |
1169.6 |
269.0 |
391.9 |
103.2 |
| Compare |
960.9 |
138.7 |
378.6 |
135.5 |
| Associate |
845.6 |
105.3 |
408.8 |
201.6 |
| Suggest |
743.3 |
359.0 |
678.1 |
544.0 |
| Reduce |
697.0 |
199.3 |
242.8 |
92.3 |
| Identify |
680.8 |
176.2 |
472.6 |
289.3 |
| Indicate |
634.1 |
167.8 |
652.6 |
195.7 |
| Observe |
494.3 |
113.4 |
192.6 |
157.9 |
| Assess |
429.2 |
47.7 |
291.6 |
68.7 |
| Nouns |
Study |
3140.8 |
943.2 |
2146.8 |
649.5 |
| Analysis |
1603.9 |
220.2 |
833.6 |
352.6 |
| Effect |
1354.1 |
3971 |
781.4 |
337.3 |
| Result |
1226.7 |
277.9 |
926.1 |
309.4 |
| Model |
1145.6 |
253.1 |
791.1 |
391.9 |
| Response |
1108.4 |
197.6 |
508.4 |
220.1 |
| Factor |
871.1 |
211.6 |
748.7 |
103.0 |
| Difference |
820.7 |
236.4 |
833.5 |
270.8 |
| Function |
752.5 |
94.5 |
211.7 |
266.1 |
| Outcome |
619.5 |
98.0 |
298.4 |
67.9 |
| Adjectives |
Significant |
834.9 |
273.2 |
738.9 |
175.4 |
| Similar |
555.2 |
223.5 |
370.5 |
247.5 |
| Primary |
503.6 |
130.5 |
213.5 |
119.2 |
| Total |
478.4 |
133.0 |
229.2 |
62.1 |
| Additional |
425.2 |
98.5 |
180.3 |
79.5 |
| Multiple |
362.3 |
52.9 |
199.4 |
94.0 |
| Potential |
343.9 |
115.8 |
181.0 |
80.2 |
| Relative |
303.4 |
63.4 |
94.3 |
35.2 |
| Functional |
289.7 |
13.3 |
71.2 |
29.9 |
| Consistent |
260.7 |
52.8 |
193.4 |
54.7 |
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