小笠原伸一のバックアップ(No.4)

Introduction †

e.g.) I have breakfast every morning.

e.g.) I have money a_little .

e.g.)  I often have dream that I escape from something .

Analysis
- In JEFLL Corpus, students seems to use the verb 'have' with nouns related to daily life.
- Meanings of 'have is 'to possess,' 'to eat' and 'to see.'

The collocation patterns of the verb "have" in BNC

Here is a table which shows the frequency of collocations using 'have' .

★Sum=VHI+VHB+VHD+VHN+VHG+VHZ

VHI･･･the infinitive form of the verb have: have.

VHB･･･the finite base form of the verb have: have, 've.

VHD･･･the past tense form of the verb have: had, 'd.

VHN･･･the past participle form of the verb have: had.

VHG･･･the -ing form of the verb have: having.

VHZ･･･the -s form of the verb have: has, 's.

e.g.) We don't have time to stand and fight.

e.g.) Participants remote from Henley must have access to a PC and modem as well as adequate library facilities.

e.g.) The court had to  have regard  to the ascertainable defect in the mentality of the defendant, ...

Analysis
- From the results from BNC corpus, 'have' is used not only with common nouns but also with abstruct nouns.
Optional Analysis
- The corpus data of "'have' + nouns + prepositions" from BNC
- I searched the words which follow "'have' + nouns" collocations with BNC corpus. (3 grams)
  collocations VHI VHB SUM(VHI+VHB)
  have access to 310 225 535
  have time to 293 83 376
  have regard to 243 24 267
  have difficulty in 82 73 155
  have time for 63 49 112

collocations	VHI	VHB	SUM(VHI+VHB)
have access to	310	225	535
have time to	293	83	376
have regard to	243	24	267
have difficulty in	82	73	155
have time for	63	49	112

e.g.) I think I'd have difficulty in the initial breaking, but then everything else would go Mm.

e.g.) Do we at least have time for a… coffee?

e.g.) These lessons and recommendations clearly have implications for all nuclear power systems, and for PWRs in particular.

Analysis
- Collocations of "'have' + nouns" are often used with prepositions such as 'to', 'in', 'for' and so on according to BNC corpus.
The comparison between JEFLL and BNC
- I can find that students in Jaapan tend to use 'have' with common nouns
- In England, 'have' is used not only with common nouns but also with abstruct nouns.
- From these data, The usage of 'have' colloations in Japan is different from that in England.