Chapter 1 the study of collocations

Figure 9.  Mean use of collocation tokens in the essay data - Group 1 
 
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Figure 10.  Mean use of collocation tokens in the essay data - Group 2 
 
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Figure 11.  Mean use of collocation tokens in the essay data - Group 3 
 
 
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4.2.2.1.5  Summary of the Results for the Essay Data 
 
The results of the Friedman repeated measures for the essay data 
support Hypothesis 2 that there are group-specific patterns in the development 
of collocational knowledge.  For Group 1, Types 26. SVc, 29. Adjective Noun, and 
11. SV(O) Prep O were used significantly more than the other types of 
collocation.  For Group 2, Types 26. SVc, 29. Adjective Noun, 12. SV to Inf, and 
11. SV(O) Prep O were used significantly more than the other types.  For Group 
3, Types 26. SVc, 13. SV Inf, and 12 SV to Inf were used significantly more than 
the other types.  These results suggest that for each group there are certain 
types that are used more than others, indicating that subjects in each group 
prefer to use, and are more accurate in using, specific types of collocation.  
These results also indicate the existence of group-specific patterns in the 
acquisition of collocation, as was predicted by Hypothesis 2.