LEXICAL COLLOCATIONS OF KEYWORDS USED IN BUSINESS NEWS: A CORPUS-BASED STUDY

Authors

  • Krittat Sukman Thammasat University, Thailand
  • Supong Tangkiengsirisin Thammasat University, Thailand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejel.v9i1.5202

Keywords:

business news, collocations, corpus analysis, keyword lists

Abstract

This corpus-based study aims to facilitate the instruction of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and benefit Thai undergraduate students majoring in Business English by investigating lexical collocations found in business news. A corpus of business news (COBN) was compiled, containing 678,373 running words sourced from 755 online business news. Employing AntConc version 3.5.9, the first 120 keywords were identified in accordance with the set criteria, with the majority being nouns (82.5%), followed by adjectives (12.5%), and verbs (5%). These keywords served as "nodes" to identify their "collocates," resulting in 330 pairs of lexical collocations with 5 combination types. Following a framework adapted from Benson, Benson, and Ilson, prominent combinations included Noun + Noun (54.02%), Adjective + Noun (26.86%), Noun + Verb (13.69%), Verb + Noun (4.47%), and Verb + Adverb (0.89%). The pedagogical implications and recommendations for future research were also discussed.

 

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Author Biography

  • Krittat Sukman, Thammasat University, Thailand

    Krittat Sukman (PhD) is a lecturer of English at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, North Bangkok University, Thailand. Prior to his PhD in English Language Teaching from Thammasat University, Thailand, he obtained MA in English Language Teaching and BA in Business English from Assumption University of Thailand. Recently, he was awarded an MBA from University of Northampton, United Kingdom. His research interests include corpus linguistics, vocabulary teaching, and Global Englishes.

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2024-02-07

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2024)

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