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. 2022 Aug 22;13:893120. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.893120

Table 11.

A comparison of the grammatical distribution of world in the nominal group with words studied by Hoey (2005).

Head of nominal group Premodifier of nomical group Part of the postmodification of the nominal group
World 33% (119/365) 25% (92/365) 42% (154/365)
Cosequence 98% (1588/1615) 0.06% (1/1615) 2% (26/1615)
Question 92% (275/300) 8% (25/300)
Preference 84% (253/300) 3% (8/300) 13% (39/300)
Aversion 82% (167/203) 6% (12/203) 12% (24/203)
Use 75% (226/300) 1% (2/300) 24% (72/300)