Table 3 The relative occurrence frequencies of four major grammatical categories in three registers texts.

From: A type-theoretical approach to categorical interaction and complex system adaptation: an empirical study based on register classification

 

TV Conversation

Science

News Broadcasting

Noun

36.49%

52.09%

55.74%

Verb

38.00%

34.99%

35.59%

Adjective

0.41%

1.83%

1.12%

Adverb

25.10%

11.09%

7.55%