12571 | 0.94
watch n
adj close, digital, expensive, Swiss, terrorist, careful, constant noun pocket, gold., .list, night., neighborhood., wrist, group, .minute, hour, .program verb look., keep., check., glance., stand., wear., set, turn, work, consult. 12888 | 0.92 F
Indian n
adj American, native, wild, Cherokee, hostile, ancient, tribal, Sioux, Hopi, drunken noun plain., group, tribe, cowboy., Pueblo., number., mission verb .live,
·remain, trade, attack, claim, convert, portray, inhabit, ·occupy, .lack
13874 | 0.86 A
pray v
noun .God, night, prayer, father, church, .peace, knee., Jesus, .miracle, .rain, .soul, hour, Muslim., mosque, Christian. misc .for, hope., together, .hard, sing, kneel., silently
12696 | 0.93 F
creek n
adj clear, dry, deep, nearby, narrow, muddy, tidal, frozen noun rock., park, river, road, water, mill., willow., spring, trail, .bed verb cross., .flow, feed, visit, wind, overlook., hike, splash, swim., border
13410 | 0.88 N
supply v
noun water, information, food, company, power, energy, .percent, oil, data, service, material, contract, electricity, .answer, plant misc .by, demand, enough, local, necessary, natural, .missing
12505 | 0.95
boot n
adj black, rubber, red, knee-high, brown, muddy, blue, stiff, left, wet noun .camp, cowboy., pair., leather., ski, heel, work., toe, coat, jacket verb wear., put, pull., fit, kick, buy, lace, remove., crunch, ride.
13793 | 0.86 F M
whisper v
noun .ear, voice, word, .name, mother, girl, boy, breath, prayer, wind, secret, sister, mom, mouth, dad misc .something, lean., hear., over, softly, smile, ·urgently, .hoarsely, stare
14002 | 0.84 F
resist v
noun .temptation, .urge, .pressure, .effort, .change, ·attempt, .arrest, .impulse, .disease, .pull, .occupation, ·desire, tendency, .proposal, .peer misc can., hard., able., long, unable., first, continue., initially.
12383 | 0.95
journey n
adj long, spiritual, personal, difficult, arduous, final, incredible, safe noun end, life, night, leg., hero., train, step., return., mile, faith verb make., begin, start, continue, embark., complete., resume., .last, progress, ·span 12316 | 0.96
flag n
adj American, red, white, national, yellow, green, blue, checkered, waving noun Confederate., state, battle., ·football, symbol, .pole, allegiance., prayer., .pin, ·imagery verb fly, wave, raise., burn, carry., hang, plant, drape, .flutter, wrap. 12486 | 0.95
disorder n
adj mental, bipolar, other, psychiatric, genetic, neurological, obsessive-compulsive, rare, affective, statistical noun eating., personality., attention., deficit., stress., anxiety., child, sleep. verb suffer., treat., cause, diagnose., develop, .affect, associate, prevent, relate, identify 13466 | 0.88 A
designer n
adj interior, graphic, young, industrial, chief, floral, leading, expensive, professional, European noun fashion, architect, costume^, ·clothes, landscape^, clothing, system^, garden verb ·create, wear, hire, feature, inspire, enable^, credit, borrow, ·experiment, consult
13028 | 0.91 M
literally r
mean, quitev ·hundred, ^thousand, ·figuratively, almost, ·million, hour, apart, ·dozen, metaphorically
12378 | 0.95 S
apparent j
noun reason, heir, difference, lack, contradiction, effect, size, effort, success, suicide, trend, conflict misc become, no, more, readily, immediately, without, despite, soon
12620 | 0.93 A
permanent j
noun collection, member, damage, resident, home, Job, status, residence, change, housing, loss, base misc become, five, temporary, establish, create, cause, build, legal
12356 | 0.95
angle n
adj different, right, new, low, wide, 45-degree, 90-degree, various noun degree, camera^, head, sun, face, knee, shot, floor, seat, wall verb change, measure, cut, form, bendv tilt, shoot, views, ·reveal, adJust 14342 | 0.82 F
smooth j
noun skin, surface, transition, ride, mixture, face, voice, stone, hair, motion, muscle, sailing misc until, add, as, stir, process, blend, white, pour
12833 | 0.92 M
unlike i
·other, ·most, ·many, ·any, however, ·early, ·counterpart, ·predecessor, ·previous, ·rest, ·traditional, ·sister, ·maJority, ·colleague
12235 | 0.96
tablespoon n
adj fresh, chopped, minced, remaining, scant, rounded, generous noun ·oil, ·butter, cup, teaspoon, sugar, Juice, lemon, salt, water, ·olive verb chop, adds, mince, melt, tastev stir, slices
14802 | 0.79 M N
smoke v
noun ·cigarette, ·cigar, spipe, ·mariJuana, ·pot, drug, kid, ·pack, ·crack, sdope, tobacco, adult, sweed, restaurant, bar misc drink, never, ·Joint, likely^, hot
12596 | 0.93 F
consultant n
adj political, democratic, financial, independent, senior, private, environmental, educational noun management, business, news, industry, marketings mediav computer verb hire, serve^, advise, ·specialize, act, ·recommend, employ, ·study, ·review, inform 12864 | 0.91 N
20. The vocabulary of academic journals
In the Corpus of Contemporary American English, the texts from academic Journals come from more than 76 million words in Journals representing a wide range of domains—education, history, technology, medicine, law, and so on. Notice the vocabulary that is related to these specific domains, as well as the more abstract vocabulary (as opposed to fiction, for example) that deals with ideas and processes.
The following tables show the most frequent words (grouped by part of speech) that are at least three times as common (per million words) in academic Journals as in the other four genres, along with the frequency of each lemma (or headword).
[noun] student TO046, study Ш068, teacher 73873, education ^ level 61510, research 61043, community 5ет22, result 55682, process 53533, development 51798, use 51365, policy 48208, data 48070, effect 45702, experience 44830, activity 44133, model 42673, analysis 40610, behavior 40419, difference 40129