Chapter 4 Visible Data

1. Chapter 4 Visible Data Learning more about registers

2. Figure 4.1 • Things to Figure Out • Frequency of articles in each register type • Frequency across registers…how registers are alike or different • Reasons for the frequencies: why are there so many uses of the in academic writing? Pronouns Noun Phrases What our authors say

3. Figure 4.2 Reasons the language of conversation is different from the language of writing = the + noun What our authors say

4. Noun types based on meaning Figure 4.3 = teacher’s book teachers’ books What our authors say

5. Figure 4.4 “Genitive constructions are generally short.” (p. 84) What? “genitive construction” = teacher’s or teachers’ Possessive NPs are often not very long. End Weight What our authors say

6. Of-phrase lots more frequent than possessive noun phrase!! Figure 4.5 What our authors say

7. Figure 4.6 What our authors say

8. 300,000 nouns & pronouns per 1,000,000 words More pronouns than nouns 300,000+ nouns & pronouns per 1,000,000 words Many more nouns than pronouns Figure 4.7 What our authors say