Normalized frequencies (per million) for selected homographs across three academic English corpora.
| Lemma . | Wordlist . | PICAE Written . | OCAE . | BAWE . | Mean . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aim (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 79.4 | 84.0 | 151.2 | 104.9 |
| aim (v) | AKL only | 69.8 | 88.6 | 132.2 | 96.9 |
| aid (v) | AKL; AVL-BAWE | 22.4 | 23.6 | 47.0 | 31.0 |
| aid (n) | None | 62.0 | 44.9 | 53.7 | 53.5 |
| benefit (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 158.1 | 222.3 | 210.3 | 196.9 |
| benefit (v) | AKL only | 38.7 | 61.4 | 67.8 | 56.0 |
| change (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 617.6 | 703.9 | 608.7 | 643.4 |
| change (v) | ACL only | 288.1 | 299.9 | 293.5 | 293.8 |
| need (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 329.1 | 326.6 | 309.1 | 321.6 |
| need (v) | None | 565.8 | 489.1 | 620.3 | 558.4 |
| objective (n) | ACL; AVL-BAWE | 98.2 | 101.3 | 136.3 | 111.9 |
| objective (adj) | None | 37.2 | 43.4 | 41.8 | 40.8 |
| Lemma . | Wordlist . | PICAE Written . | OCAE . | BAWE . | Mean . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aim (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 79.4 | 84.0 | 151.2 | 104.9 |
| aim (v) | AKL only | 69.8 | 88.6 | 132.2 | 96.9 |
| aid (v) | AKL; AVL-BAWE | 22.4 | 23.6 | 47.0 | 31.0 |
| aid (n) | None | 62.0 | 44.9 | 53.7 | 53.5 |
| benefit (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 158.1 | 222.3 | 210.3 | 196.9 |
| benefit (v) | AKL only | 38.7 | 61.4 | 67.8 | 56.0 |
| change (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 617.6 | 703.9 | 608.7 | 643.4 |
| change (v) | ACL only | 288.1 | 299.9 | 293.5 | 293.8 |
| need (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 329.1 | 326.6 | 309.1 | 321.6 |
| need (v) | None | 565.8 | 489.1 | 620.3 | 558.4 |
| objective (n) | ACL; AVL-BAWE | 98.2 | 101.3 | 136.3 | 111.9 |
| objective (adj) | None | 37.2 | 43.4 | 41.8 | 40.8 |
Normalized frequencies (per million) for selected homographs across three academic English corpora.
| Lemma . | Wordlist . | PICAE Written . | OCAE . | BAWE . | Mean . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aim (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 79.4 | 84.0 | 151.2 | 104.9 |
| aim (v) | AKL only | 69.8 | 88.6 | 132.2 | 96.9 |
| aid (v) | AKL; AVL-BAWE | 22.4 | 23.6 | 47.0 | 31.0 |
| aid (n) | None | 62.0 | 44.9 | 53.7 | 53.5 |
| benefit (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 158.1 | 222.3 | 210.3 | 196.9 |
| benefit (v) | AKL only | 38.7 | 61.4 | 67.8 | 56.0 |
| change (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 617.6 | 703.9 | 608.7 | 643.4 |
| change (v) | ACL only | 288.1 | 299.9 | 293.5 | 293.8 |
| need (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 329.1 | 326.6 | 309.1 | 321.6 |
| need (v) | None | 565.8 | 489.1 | 620.3 | 558.4 |
| objective (n) | ACL; AVL-BAWE | 98.2 | 101.3 | 136.3 | 111.9 |
| objective (adj) | None | 37.2 | 43.4 | 41.8 | 40.8 |
| Lemma . | Wordlist . | PICAE Written . | OCAE . | BAWE . | Mean . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aim (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 79.4 | 84.0 | 151.2 | 104.9 |
| aim (v) | AKL only | 69.8 | 88.6 | 132.2 | 96.9 |
| aid (v) | AKL; AVL-BAWE | 22.4 | 23.6 | 47.0 | 31.0 |
| aid (n) | None | 62.0 | 44.9 | 53.7 | 53.5 |
| benefit (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 158.1 | 222.3 | 210.3 | 196.9 |
| benefit (v) | AKL only | 38.7 | 61.4 | 67.8 | 56.0 |
| change (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 617.6 | 703.9 | 608.7 | 643.4 |
| change (v) | ACL only | 288.1 | 299.9 | 293.5 | 293.8 |
| need (n) | AKL; ACL; AVL-BAWE | 329.1 | 326.6 | 309.1 | 321.6 |
| need (v) | None | 565.8 | 489.1 | 620.3 | 558.4 |
| objective (n) | ACL; AVL-BAWE | 98.2 | 101.3 | 136.3 | 111.9 |
| objective (adj) | None | 37.2 | 43.4 | 41.8 | 40.8 |
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