THE INTEGRATION OF BANKING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS: THE NEED FOR REGULATORY REFORM

ON ADMISSIBLE LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE 465

Features
(Normalized)

Total in

1243 TW

emails

40% of

Total in

SG emails

Total Percent in

TW

emails

Percent
in SG
emails
Recognise +
revenue

7 0 7 100 0

Peddle 2 0 2 100 0
Attack 1 0 1 100 0
Coming Days 1 0 1 100 0
Competitor 1 0 1 100 0
Disgruntled 1 0 1 100 0
Former
employee

1 0 1 100 0

Fully expensed 1 0 1 100 0
Rumour 1 0 1 100 0
Strictly Private
and
Confidential

1 0 1 100 0

It would appear 7 0.4 7.4 95 5
To date 14 1.2 15.2 92 8
Delay 15 2 17 88 12
Best Regards 3 0.4 3.4 88 12
Press coverage 2 0 .4 2.4 88 12
In addition 10 2.4 12.4 80 20
Currently 16 4 20 80 20
Employee 3 0.8 3.8 79 21
Issue + raise 3 0.8 3.8 79 21
Just in case 1 3.6 4.6 22 78
Reassure 0 0 .4 0.4 0 100
Completely 0 2 2 0 100
Table 6: Preferred Vocabulary Items for Widdowson and Goggin

What is evident in the highlighted version of the questioned
email below is that a significant amount of the lexis is lexis that
occurs predominantly in emails written by Widdowson (indicated
in bold), whereas only three items are typical Goggin items,
(indicated in italic).