GraphColl: Reading Collocation Tables

A collocation table is a traditional way of displaying collocates. In GraphColl, the table shows the following pieces of information for each collocate: i) distribution, ii) collocation frequency, iii) frequency of the collocate anywhere in the corpus, iv) all relevant statistical measures. By default, the table is sorted according to the default collocation statistic, logDice, and the appropriate frequency filter is applied.

The image below provides a visual description of the collocation table.

Below is a summary of some of the main columns:

i) Collocate: shows the collocate in question.

ii) Distribution: displays a bar chart indicating the textual position of the collocate e.g. in the L5-R5 span.

iii) Freq (coll): displays the frequency of the collocation (combination of node + collocate).

iv) Freq (corpus): displays the frequency of the collocate anywhere in the corpus.

v) Stats [names]: displays the values of the selected association measures; all available measures are computed at once. To display more or fewer click on the ‘+’ button.