Chapter 1 the study of collocations

5.2.2.2  Within-Group Differences 
 
 
These were the significant differences in the accuracy of the subjects' 
responses to specific collocation types within each group. 
 
Group 1 
 
 
After the 80% accuracy criterion was applied to the data for the 
implicational scaling analysis, the following accuracy order was revealed here): 
 
Table 47.  Accuracy order for the collocation types included in the blank-filling 
test - Group 1 
Type  
34. Noun Noun 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
33 

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33. Verb Adverb 
24. SV(O) wh-word 
36. Prep Det Noun 
5. Adjective Prep 
23. SV(O) Adverbial 
30. Noun Verb 
1. Noun Prep 
4. Prep Noun 
37. Phrasal Verb 
29. Adjective Noun 
31. Noun1 of Noun2 
11. SV(O) Prep O 
27. Verb Noun (creation) 
 
 
 
The non-significant accuracy order shows that subjects in Group 1 were 
more accurate in lexical collocations, i.e. Noun Noun, Verb Adverb, Prep Det Noun, 
Adjective Prep, than in grammatical collocations that were more difficult to produce 
(longer collocational strings), e.g. SV(O) wh-word, SV(O) Adverbial, SV(O) Prep O. 
 
Group 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
34 

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After the 80% accuracy criterion was applied to the data for the 
implicational scaling analysis, the following accuracy order was obtained for 
Group 2 subjects: