A Corpus-based Study On Synonyms Related To "INSPECT" And "INSPECTION" In Port State Control Procedures

The research method adopted in this thesis is to refer to colligation based on concordance lines and to generalize collocation of the lexical items.The synonyms will be differentiated from the perspective of frequency,colligation and collocation.In this research the concordance lines of synonyms will be searched by AntConc3.2 on the basis of self-built corpus,Port State Control Procedure corpus(PSCP).The target synonyms in this thesis are divided into two groups.Verb synonyms include INSPECT,CHECK and EXAMINE.Noun synonyms include INSPECTION,EXAMINATION and SURVEY.The major findings are as follows:(1)The major findings of the verb synonyms are as follows:firstly,CHECK occurs most frequently.Secondly,in terms of colligation,INSPECT tends to be used in the passive voice.Moreover,CHECK is also frequently used under V+that.Finally,with regard to collocation,INSPECT,CHECK and EXAMINE tend to collocate with ship,certificate and document and vessel respectively.(2)The major findings of the noun synonyms are as follows:firstly,INSPECTION occurs most frequently.Secondly,in terms of colligation,INSPECTION has the most types in colligational patterns.Finally,collocations of synonyms under different colligations are very different.Under V+N,carry out inspection,pass examination and credit survey are high-frequency collocations;Under ADJ+N,more detailed inspection,annual examination and intermediate survey are high-frequency collocations;Under N+of+N,inspection of ship,examination of vessel and survey of ship are high-frequency collocations;Under N+N,PSC inspection is a high-frequency collocation;Under N+Conj+N,survey and inspection and examination and testing are high-frequency collocations.A detailed differentiation of synonyms related to "INSPECT" and "INSPECTION"is made in this thesis,which aims to provide references for PSC beginners in terms of the differentiation of relevant synonyms.