Unni Cathrine Eiken February 2005

(4- 7)
bistå,etterforsker,lensmann
bistå,etterforsker,politi
ha,etterforsker,observasjon
kontakte,etterforsker,vitne
mene,etterforsker,?
rigge,etterforsker,lyskaster
undersøke,etterforsker,åsted
assist, investigator, deputy
assist, investigator, police
have, investigator, observation
contact, investigator, witness
mean, investigator, ?
build-up, investigator,searchlight
examine, investigator, crime scene
For each of the predicates in (4-7), we want to find the other arguments, in addition to
etterforsker (investigator), which occur in the corpus material as the first argument of the
predicate. Traversing the EPAS list in search of these nominal arguments yields the list
presented in (4-8). Pronouns and empty argument slots are omitted from the association since
they generally occur in too many different context patterns to contribute with relevant
information in this kind of analysis.
(4- 8)
ha,politi,medarbeider
ha,politi,teori
kontakte,politi,vitne
mene,politi,?
undersøke,politi,aktivitet
have,police,co-worker
have,police,theory
contact,police,witness
mean,police,?
examine,police,activity
As can be seen from the EPAS in (4-8), politi (police) is the only other argument which occurs
in the same contexts as etterforsker (investigator). So far, the association tells us that there is a
relationship between the concepts etterforsker (investigator) and politi (police) in the sense that
these words occur in the same environments in the text collection.
Level 2
In order to explore the possibility of further associated concepts, the association method goes
one level further. Basically, the first step of the association is repeated, but with new parameters;
for each of the first arguments in (4-8) we need to know which other words can occur in the
same contextual position. Therefore the EPAS list is again consulted and all the other first
arguments that occur in the same environment as politi (police) are returned. This produces the
list in (4-9).
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