Table 4 Collocates China-related instances of the non-quotation “stability” in each period.
From: Discursive use of stability in New York Times’ coverage of China: a sentiment analysis approach
Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | Period 4 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Collocates | LL | Freq. | Collocates | LL | Freq. | Collocates | LL | Freq. | Collocates | LL | Freq. |
1 | Political | 70.35735 | 20.73 | Social | 115.1115 | 23.42 | Social | 623.5833 | 55.28 | Social | 595.2669 | 38.25 |
2 | Prosperity | 68.20561 | 12.96 | Political | 42.45747 | 14.04 | Political | 190.5569 | 24.18 | Maintenance | 402.0204 | 17.08 |
3 | Economic | 38.97278 | 12.96 | Peace | 42.2475 | 9.37 | Country | 81.70451 | 13.82 | Financial | 233.4469 | 18.44 |
4 | Peace | 30.83892 | 7.77 | Unemployment | 36.80712 | 7.03 | Party | 64.28149 | 10.36 | Prosperity | 133.79 | 7.51 |
5 | Kong | 24.79088 | 10.36 | Period | 29.49749 | 7.03 | Regional | 60.12765 | 6.91 | Political | 111.4341 | 10.93 |
6 | Hong | 16.86283 | 7.77 | Party | 25.59744 | 9.37 | Economic | 59.72652 | 10.36 | Economic | 110.6162 | 11.61 |
7 | Communist | 19.90892 | 7.03 | Financial | 54.10604 | 8.06 | Government | 75.10029 | 10.93 | |||
