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I Am Boring: A Corpus Study of
-ing and -ed Participial
Adjectives.
Natalia Reilly, Keith Folse
Copyright © Natalia Reilly, 2013
INTERESTING 43,798 ®
WILLING 33,905
GROWING 30,641
FOLLOWING 30,144
LIVING 19,228
EXISTING 19,076
REMAINING 18,790
AMAZING 18,757 ®
LEADING 17,894
INCREASING 16,884
DEVELOPING 15,360
SURPRISING 13,045 ®
WORKING 12,786
ONGOING 12,389
EXCITING 12,129 ®
RUNNING 10,674
CHANGING 10,264
MISSING 10,160
OVERWHELMING 8,925
CONTINUING 8,750
1. UNIDENTIFIED 46,063
2. CONCERNED 38,428
3. INVOLVED 37,596
4. SUPPOSED 35,630
5. INTERESTED 32,866 ®
6. UNITED 29,096
7. MARRIED 25,459
8. USED 22,081
9. INCREASED 21,836
10.SURPRISED 21,554 ®
11.LIMITED 21,246
12.TIRED 21,088
13.SO-CALLED 15,729
14.ARMED 14,474
15.BROKEN 13,996
16.LOST 13,778
17.ADVANCED 13,520
18.COMPLICATED13,135
19.UNKNOWN 12,961
20.SCARED 12,295
Table 2. Twenty the most frequent participial adjectives
(based on COCA)
THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT
-ING PARTICIPIALADJECTIVES
(total ≈ 750,000)
THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT
–ED AND IRREGULAR PARTICIPIAL
ADJECTIVES (total ≈ 1,000,000)
• What Table 2 Shows
• Only 4 –ing adjectives from the textbook (interesting,
amazing, surprising, exciting) are in the list, and only 2
–ed adjectives (interested, surprised).
• The other 34 adjectives are ―new‖ for textbooks
including the noticeably frequent pair increasing-
increased.
• Most of the –ing/-ed adjectives in the list don’t have
their counterparts. There are only 3 pairs (interesting-
interested, increasing-increased, surprising-surprised).
Table 3. Twenty the most frequent –ing participial
adjectives with their –ed counterparts
THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT
-ING PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
FREQ
THEIR –ED PARTICIPIAL
ADJECTIVES
FREQ
1. INTERESTING 43,798 ® INTERESTED 32,866 ®
2. WILLING 33,905 WILLED 296
3. GROWING 30,641 GROWN 743
4. FOLLOWING 30,144 FOLLOWED 5
5. LIVING 19,228 LIVED 3
6. EXISTING 19,076 EXISTED 0
7. REMAINING 18,790 REMAINED 3
8. AMAZING 18,757 ® AMAZED 2,324 ®
9. LEADING 17,894 LED 11
10. INCREASING 16,884 INCREASED 21,836
11. DEVELOPING 15,360 DEVELOPED 6.003
12. SURPRISING 13,045 ® SURPRISED 21,554 ®
13. WORKING 12,786 WORKED 161
14. ONGOING 12,389 ONGONE 0
15. EXCITING 12,129 ® EXCITED 10,084 ®
16. RUNNING 10,674 RUN 6
17. CHANGING 10,264 CHANGED 1,374
18. MISSING 10,160 MISSED 1,267
19. OVERWHELMING 8,925 OVERWHELMED 909
20. CONTINUING 8,750 CONTINUED 10,366
Table 4. Twenty the most frequent –ed with their –ing
counterparts (based on COCA)
THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT
-ED AND IRREGULAR PAST
PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
FREQ
THEIR -ING COUNTERPARTS
FREQ
1. UNIDENTIFIED 46,063 UNIDENTIFYING 0
2. CONCERNED 38,428 CONCERNING 0
3. INVOLVED 37,596 INVOLVING 0
4. SUPPOSED 35,630 SUPPOSING 0
5. INTERESTED 32,866® INTERESTING ® 43,798
6. UNITED 29,096 UNITING 181
7. MARRIED 25,459 MARRYING 56
8. USED 22,081 USING 5
9. INCREASED 21,836 INCREASING 16,884
10. SURPRISED 21 554® SURPRISING® 13,045
11. LIMITED 21,246 LIMITING 1,902
12. TIRED 21,088 TIRING 646
13. SO-CALLED 15,729 SO-CALLING 0
14. ARMED 14,474 ARMING 20
15. BROKEN 13,996 BREAKING 2,009
16. LOST 13,778 LOSING 1,931
17. ADVANCED 13,520 ADVANCING 1,955
18. COMPLICATED 13,135 COMPLICATING 403
19. UNKNOWN 12,961 UNKNOWING 231
20. SCARED 12,295 SCARING 14
• What Tables 3 & 4 Show
• Not all participial adjectives can be taught with their
counterparts
• Students should be aware of the existence of ―single‖
–ing and –ed participial adjectives
• What Tables 5–7 Show
• It is important to teach participial adjectives not only in a neutral
register (general list), but also in any special register that is of use to the
learner (for example,—academic, spoken, newspapers, magazines,
fiction) (Biber & Reppen, 2002; Biber, Conrad & Reppen 1996,
Nesselhauf, 2003).
• Among 40 the most frequent –ing/-ed adjectives of general list, only 8
forms are present in all five registers: interesting, interested, willing,
growing, living, remaining, concerned, used (Table 5)
• In comparison with the main list of 20+20 the most frequent participial
adjectives, in each special register several new the most frequent
participial adjectives have been found out.
For example, in academic register the new findings were 13 words:
emerging, nursing, resulting, corresponding, gifted, given, perceived,
detailed, written, shared, continued, selected, improved (Table 6);
in spoken English—11 words: devastating, shocking, disturbing, coming,
worried, excited, alleged, convinced, pleased, hidden, balanced (Table 7).
. THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT
-ING PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
(total ≈ 750,000)
FREQ
THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT
–ED AND IRREGULAR PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES (total ≈
1,000,000)
FREQ
INTERESTING 43,798 ®
WILLING 33,905
GROWING 30,641
FOLLOWING 30,144
LIVING 19,228
EXISTING 19,076
REMAINING 18,790
AMAZING 18,757 ®
LEADING 17,894
INCREASING 16,884
DEVELOPING 15,360
SURPRISING 13,045 ®
WORKING 12,786
ONGOING 12,389
EXCITING 12,129 ®
RUNNING 10,674
CHANGING 10,264
MISSING 10,160
OVERWHELMING 8,925
CONTINUING 8,750
1. UNIDENTIFIED 46,063
2. CONCERNED 38,428
3. INVOLVED 37,596
4. SUPPOSED 35,630
5. INTERESTED 32866®
6. UNITED 29,096
7. MARRIED 25,459
8. USED 22,081
9. INCREASED 21,836
10. SURPRISED 21554 ®
11. LIMITED 21,246
12. TIRED 21,088
13. SO-CALLED 15,729
14. ARMED 14,474
15. BROKEN 13,996
16. LOST 13,778
17. ADVANCED 13,520
18. COMPLICATED 13,135
19. UNKNOWN 12,961
20. SCARED 12,295
Table 5. The highlighted items are presented
in all five registers (academic, spoken, newspapers,
magazines, and fiction)
The highlighted adjectives are specific for the academic register; they are not found in the general list.
Table 6. Twenty the most frequent participial adjectives
in academic English
THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT
-ING PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
(total ≈ 210,000)
FREQ
THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT
–ED AND IRREGULAR PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES (total ≈
270,000)
FREQ
FOLLOWING 16,349
EXISTING 9,754
INCREASING 8,875
GROWING 8,821
DEVELOPING 8,532
INTERESTING 7,660
WILLING 6,049
ONGOING 5,499
LIVING 4,486
REMAINING 4,446
CHANGING 4,402
LEADING 4,176
WORKING 4,165
UNDERLYING 3,874
SURPRISING 3,837
EMERGING 3,679
CONTINUING 3,410
NURSING 2,784
RESULTING 2,642
CORRESPONDING 2,464
1. INCREASED 12,580
2. INVOLVED 11,339
3. LIMITED 9,835
4. GIFTED 8,740
5. CONCERNED 8,561
6. INTERESTED 6,935
7. RELATED 6,702
8. GIVEN 6,271
9. PERCEIVED 6,158
10. UNITED 5,753
11. ADVANCED 5,572
12. DETAILED 5,110
13. USED 4,967
14. WRITTEN 4,887
15. ARMED 4,864
16. SHARED 4,485
17. PROPOSED 4,411
18. SACRED 4,112
19. CONTINUED 4,035
20. SELECTED 3,984
The highlighted adjectives are specific for spoken English; they are not found in the general list.
Table 7. Twenty the most frequent participial adjectives
in spoken English
THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT
-ING PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
(total ≈ 130,000)
FREQ
THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT
–ED AND IRREGULAR PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES (total ≈
220,000)
FREQ
INTERESTING 19,983
WILLING 9,709
AMAZING 8,010
GROWING 3,829
EXCITING 3,164
MISSING 2,837
LEADING 2,759
FASCINATING 2,697
SURPRISING 2,403
WORKING 2,350
LIVING 2,307
OVERWHELMING 2,221
ONGOING 1,979
DEVASTATING 1,848
SHOCKING 1,778
CONTINUING 1,751
RUNNING 1,719
DISTURBING 1,664
COMING 1,657
REMAINING 1,453
1. UNIDENTIFIED 44,784
2. CONCERNED 12,702
3. INVOLVED 11,144
4. SUPPOSED 10,260
5. UNITED 8,381
6. INTERESTED 7,717
7. MARRIED 5,834
8. SURPRISED 5,212
9. SO-CALLED 4,427
10. SCARED 3,864
11. TIRED 3,618
12. USED 3,451
13. ARMED 3,389
14. WORRIED 3,136
15. COMPLICATED 3,115
16. EXCITED 2,875
17. ALLEGED 2,693
18. CONVINCED 2,261
19. PLEASED 2,184
20. HIDDEN 2,176
• Collocations
Interesting and
interested are
derived from a
transitive verb &
imply different
meaning.
Collocations for
interesting and
interested are
different as well:
1)among 15 most
frequent collocations
for interesting and
15 most frequent
collocations for
interested only one
collocation—the
adverb particularly
is the same
Table 8. Collocations for Interesting, Neutral Register
FREQ ALL % MI
1 VERY 4484 481403 0.93 3.63
2 THING 1475 212182 0.70 3.20
3 QUESTION 880 145099 0.61 3.01
4 NOTE 804 44664 1.80 4.58
5 PARTICULARLY 372 57100 0.65 3.11
6 INTERESTING 284 43984 0.65 3.10
7 RAISES 160 10989 1.46 4.27
8 ASPECT 121 13684 0.88 3.55
9 EXCITING 116 12214 0.95 3.65
10 PHENOMENON 102 11276 0.90 3.58
11 TWIST 82 6921 1.18 3.97
12 CHALLENGING 74 10774 0.69 3.19
13 DYNAMIC 68 9760 0.70 3.21
14 WHATS 66 3701 1.78 4.56
15 INFORMATIVE 63 1576 4.00 5.73
• Collocations
2)interesting mainly
describes inanimate
nouns: thing,
question, note,
aspect, phenomenon;
while interested
describes animate
nouns: parties,
anyone, readers
(Folse, 2012)
3) for interesting all
adjectives are―true‖:
exciting, dynamic,
challenging;
for interested there
are no ―true‖
adjectives: seeing,
finding, buying
Table 9. Collocations for Interested, Neutral Register
FREQ ALL % MI
1 'M 2094 428957 0.49 3.11
2 AM 591 119780 0.49 3.12
3 BECAME 580 90167 0.64 3.51
4 PARTICULARLY 510 57100 0.89 3.98
5 PARTIES 430 30540 1.41 4.64
6 ANYONE 398 67652 0.59 3.38
7 SEEING 220 44457 0.49 3.13
8 FINDING 197 35877 0.55 3.28
9 HEARING 186 34927 0.53 3.23
10 READERS 179 20322 0.88 3.96
11 BUYING 159 20957 0.76 3.74
12 PRIMARILY 152 18901 0.80 3.83
13 BECOMING 141 29097 0.48 3.10
14 KNOWING 136 27440 0.50 3.13
15 GENUINELY 114 3559 3.20 5.82
• Collocations
Increasing and
increased are derived
from a transitive verb
with intransitive
equivalents and imply
fairly similar meaning
(whether or not the
event was completed)
(Scovel, 1974).
Collocations for
increasing and
increased are
comparable:
1)increasing and
increased have 6
similar collocations
Table 10. Collocations for Increasing, Neutral Register
FREQ ALL % MI
1 NUMBER 1377 166125 0.83 4.83
2 NUMBERS 745 48876 1.52 5.71
3 PRESSURE 364 50329 0.72 4.64
4 DEMAND 243 28429 0.85 4.88
5 LEVELS 228 53309 0.43 3.88
6 FREQUENCY 209 10457 2.00 6.10
7 POPULATION 206 60071 0.34 3.56
8 INTEREST 188 76223 0.25 3.08
9 COSTS 185 50964 0.36 3.64
10 AWARENESS 182 14193 1.28 5.46
11 RATES 180 43560 0.41 3.83
12 TAXES 176 30729 0.57 4.30
13 COMPETITION 160 30025 0.53 4.20
14 TREND 157 15266 1.03 5.14
15 IMPORTANCE 155 28467 0.54 4.23
• CollocationsTable 11. Collocations for Increased, Neutral Register
FREQ ALL % MI
1 RISK 1525 64449 2.37 5.97
2 ASSOCIATED 544 39792 1.37 5.18
3 DEMAND 376 28429 1.32 5.13
4 RESULT 348 68865 0.51 3.75
5 COSTS 347 50964 0.68 4.18
6 PRESSURE 341 50329 0.68 4.17
7 LEVELS 338 53309 0.63 4.07
8 COMPETITION 332 30025 1.11 4.88
9 LEAD 303 65448 0.46 3.62
10 SPENDING 297 39599 0.75 4.32
11 PRODUCTION 297 44788 0.66 4.14
12 INCREASED 284 43209 0.66 4.13
13 AWARENESS 281 14193 1.98 5.72
14 ACTIVITY 281 41020 0.69 4.19
15 ATTENTION 280 74124 0.38 3.33
2)Both – increasing
and increased
describe inanimate
nouns
• Teaching Implications
• The list of the top 20 most frequent –ing/-ed participial
adjectives can be considered while teaching these forms
• Not all participial adjectives can be taught with their
counterparts. Students should be aware of the existence of
―single‖ –ing and –ed participial adjectives
• To contribute to understanding of –ing/-ed participial adjectives,
the forms can be taught along with their collocations.
• While teaching –ing/-ed participial adjectives, registers—
varieties of a language used for particular purposes—should be
considered.
References
Biber, D., Conrad, S., & Reppen, R. (1994). Corpus-based approaches to issues in applied linguistics.
Applied Linguistics, 15(2), 169-189.
Biber, D., & Reppen, R. (2002). What does frequency have to do with grammar teaching? Studies in
Second Language Acquisition, 24(2), 199-208.
Folse, K. S. (2012). Keys to teaching grammar to English language learners: A practical handbook. Ann
Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Nesselhauf, N. (2003). The use of collocations by advanced learners of english and some implications
for teaching. Applied Linguistics, 24(2), 223-242.
Reppen, R., Gordon, D. (2012). Grammar and beyond. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Scovel, T. (1974). 'I am interesting in English'. English Language Teaching Journal, 28(4), 305-312.

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  • 1. I Am Boring: A Corpus Study of -ing and -ed Participial Adjectives. Natalia Reilly, Keith Folse Copyright © Natalia Reilly, 2013
  • 2. INTERESTING 43,798 ® WILLING 33,905 GROWING 30,641 FOLLOWING 30,144 LIVING 19,228 EXISTING 19,076 REMAINING 18,790 AMAZING 18,757 ® LEADING 17,894 INCREASING 16,884 DEVELOPING 15,360 SURPRISING 13,045 ® WORKING 12,786 ONGOING 12,389 EXCITING 12,129 ® RUNNING 10,674 CHANGING 10,264 MISSING 10,160 OVERWHELMING 8,925 CONTINUING 8,750 1. UNIDENTIFIED 46,063 2. CONCERNED 38,428 3. INVOLVED 37,596 4. SUPPOSED 35,630 5. INTERESTED 32,866 ® 6. UNITED 29,096 7. MARRIED 25,459 8. USED 22,081 9. INCREASED 21,836 10.SURPRISED 21,554 ® 11.LIMITED 21,246 12.TIRED 21,088 13.SO-CALLED 15,729 14.ARMED 14,474 15.BROKEN 13,996 16.LOST 13,778 17.ADVANCED 13,520 18.COMPLICATED13,135 19.UNKNOWN 12,961 20.SCARED 12,295 Table 2. Twenty the most frequent participial adjectives (based on COCA) THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT -ING PARTICIPIALADJECTIVES (total ≈ 750,000) THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT –ED AND IRREGULAR PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES (total ≈ 1,000,000)
  • 3. • What Table 2 Shows • Only 4 –ing adjectives from the textbook (interesting, amazing, surprising, exciting) are in the list, and only 2 –ed adjectives (interested, surprised). • The other 34 adjectives are ―new‖ for textbooks including the noticeably frequent pair increasing- increased. • Most of the –ing/-ed adjectives in the list don’t have their counterparts. There are only 3 pairs (interesting- interested, increasing-increased, surprising-surprised).
  • 4. Table 3. Twenty the most frequent –ing participial adjectives with their –ed counterparts THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT -ING PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES FREQ THEIR –ED PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES FREQ 1. INTERESTING 43,798 ® INTERESTED 32,866 ® 2. WILLING 33,905 WILLED 296 3. GROWING 30,641 GROWN 743 4. FOLLOWING 30,144 FOLLOWED 5 5. LIVING 19,228 LIVED 3 6. EXISTING 19,076 EXISTED 0 7. REMAINING 18,790 REMAINED 3 8. AMAZING 18,757 ® AMAZED 2,324 ® 9. LEADING 17,894 LED 11 10. INCREASING 16,884 INCREASED 21,836 11. DEVELOPING 15,360 DEVELOPED 6.003 12. SURPRISING 13,045 ® SURPRISED 21,554 ® 13. WORKING 12,786 WORKED 161 14. ONGOING 12,389 ONGONE 0 15. EXCITING 12,129 ® EXCITED 10,084 ® 16. RUNNING 10,674 RUN 6 17. CHANGING 10,264 CHANGED 1,374 18. MISSING 10,160 MISSED 1,267 19. OVERWHELMING 8,925 OVERWHELMED 909 20. CONTINUING 8,750 CONTINUED 10,366
  • 5. Table 4. Twenty the most frequent –ed with their –ing counterparts (based on COCA) THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT -ED AND IRREGULAR PAST PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES FREQ THEIR -ING COUNTERPARTS FREQ 1. UNIDENTIFIED 46,063 UNIDENTIFYING 0 2. CONCERNED 38,428 CONCERNING 0 3. INVOLVED 37,596 INVOLVING 0 4. SUPPOSED 35,630 SUPPOSING 0 5. INTERESTED 32,866® INTERESTING ® 43,798 6. UNITED 29,096 UNITING 181 7. MARRIED 25,459 MARRYING 56 8. USED 22,081 USING 5 9. INCREASED 21,836 INCREASING 16,884 10. SURPRISED 21 554® SURPRISING® 13,045 11. LIMITED 21,246 LIMITING 1,902 12. TIRED 21,088 TIRING 646 13. SO-CALLED 15,729 SO-CALLING 0 14. ARMED 14,474 ARMING 20 15. BROKEN 13,996 BREAKING 2,009 16. LOST 13,778 LOSING 1,931 17. ADVANCED 13,520 ADVANCING 1,955 18. COMPLICATED 13,135 COMPLICATING 403 19. UNKNOWN 12,961 UNKNOWING 231 20. SCARED 12,295 SCARING 14
  • 6. • What Tables 3 & 4 Show • Not all participial adjectives can be taught with their counterparts • Students should be aware of the existence of ―single‖ –ing and –ed participial adjectives
  • 7. • What Tables 5–7 Show • It is important to teach participial adjectives not only in a neutral register (general list), but also in any special register that is of use to the learner (for example,—academic, spoken, newspapers, magazines, fiction) (Biber & Reppen, 2002; Biber, Conrad & Reppen 1996, Nesselhauf, 2003). • Among 40 the most frequent –ing/-ed adjectives of general list, only 8 forms are present in all five registers: interesting, interested, willing, growing, living, remaining, concerned, used (Table 5) • In comparison with the main list of 20+20 the most frequent participial adjectives, in each special register several new the most frequent participial adjectives have been found out. For example, in academic register the new findings were 13 words: emerging, nursing, resulting, corresponding, gifted, given, perceived, detailed, written, shared, continued, selected, improved (Table 6); in spoken English—11 words: devastating, shocking, disturbing, coming, worried, excited, alleged, convinced, pleased, hidden, balanced (Table 7).
  • 8. . THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT -ING PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES (total ≈ 750,000) FREQ THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT –ED AND IRREGULAR PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES (total ≈ 1,000,000) FREQ INTERESTING 43,798 ® WILLING 33,905 GROWING 30,641 FOLLOWING 30,144 LIVING 19,228 EXISTING 19,076 REMAINING 18,790 AMAZING 18,757 ® LEADING 17,894 INCREASING 16,884 DEVELOPING 15,360 SURPRISING 13,045 ® WORKING 12,786 ONGOING 12,389 EXCITING 12,129 ® RUNNING 10,674 CHANGING 10,264 MISSING 10,160 OVERWHELMING 8,925 CONTINUING 8,750 1. UNIDENTIFIED 46,063 2. CONCERNED 38,428 3. INVOLVED 37,596 4. SUPPOSED 35,630 5. INTERESTED 32866® 6. UNITED 29,096 7. MARRIED 25,459 8. USED 22,081 9. INCREASED 21,836 10. SURPRISED 21554 ® 11. LIMITED 21,246 12. TIRED 21,088 13. SO-CALLED 15,729 14. ARMED 14,474 15. BROKEN 13,996 16. LOST 13,778 17. ADVANCED 13,520 18. COMPLICATED 13,135 19. UNKNOWN 12,961 20. SCARED 12,295 Table 5. The highlighted items are presented in all five registers (academic, spoken, newspapers, magazines, and fiction)
  • 9. The highlighted adjectives are specific for the academic register; they are not found in the general list. Table 6. Twenty the most frequent participial adjectives in academic English THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT -ING PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES (total ≈ 210,000) FREQ THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT –ED AND IRREGULAR PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES (total ≈ 270,000) FREQ FOLLOWING 16,349 EXISTING 9,754 INCREASING 8,875 GROWING 8,821 DEVELOPING 8,532 INTERESTING 7,660 WILLING 6,049 ONGOING 5,499 LIVING 4,486 REMAINING 4,446 CHANGING 4,402 LEADING 4,176 WORKING 4,165 UNDERLYING 3,874 SURPRISING 3,837 EMERGING 3,679 CONTINUING 3,410 NURSING 2,784 RESULTING 2,642 CORRESPONDING 2,464 1. INCREASED 12,580 2. INVOLVED 11,339 3. LIMITED 9,835 4. GIFTED 8,740 5. CONCERNED 8,561 6. INTERESTED 6,935 7. RELATED 6,702 8. GIVEN 6,271 9. PERCEIVED 6,158 10. UNITED 5,753 11. ADVANCED 5,572 12. DETAILED 5,110 13. USED 4,967 14. WRITTEN 4,887 15. ARMED 4,864 16. SHARED 4,485 17. PROPOSED 4,411 18. SACRED 4,112 19. CONTINUED 4,035 20. SELECTED 3,984
  • 10. The highlighted adjectives are specific for spoken English; they are not found in the general list. Table 7. Twenty the most frequent participial adjectives in spoken English THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT -ING PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES (total ≈ 130,000) FREQ THE TOP 20 MOST FREQUENT –ED AND IRREGULAR PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES (total ≈ 220,000) FREQ INTERESTING 19,983 WILLING 9,709 AMAZING 8,010 GROWING 3,829 EXCITING 3,164 MISSING 2,837 LEADING 2,759 FASCINATING 2,697 SURPRISING 2,403 WORKING 2,350 LIVING 2,307 OVERWHELMING 2,221 ONGOING 1,979 DEVASTATING 1,848 SHOCKING 1,778 CONTINUING 1,751 RUNNING 1,719 DISTURBING 1,664 COMING 1,657 REMAINING 1,453 1. UNIDENTIFIED 44,784 2. CONCERNED 12,702 3. INVOLVED 11,144 4. SUPPOSED 10,260 5. UNITED 8,381 6. INTERESTED 7,717 7. MARRIED 5,834 8. SURPRISED 5,212 9. SO-CALLED 4,427 10. SCARED 3,864 11. TIRED 3,618 12. USED 3,451 13. ARMED 3,389 14. WORRIED 3,136 15. COMPLICATED 3,115 16. EXCITED 2,875 17. ALLEGED 2,693 18. CONVINCED 2,261 19. PLEASED 2,184 20. HIDDEN 2,176
  • 11. • Collocations Interesting and interested are derived from a transitive verb & imply different meaning. Collocations for interesting and interested are different as well: 1)among 15 most frequent collocations for interesting and 15 most frequent collocations for interested only one collocation—the adverb particularly is the same Table 8. Collocations for Interesting, Neutral Register FREQ ALL % MI 1 VERY 4484 481403 0.93 3.63 2 THING 1475 212182 0.70 3.20 3 QUESTION 880 145099 0.61 3.01 4 NOTE 804 44664 1.80 4.58 5 PARTICULARLY 372 57100 0.65 3.11 6 INTERESTING 284 43984 0.65 3.10 7 RAISES 160 10989 1.46 4.27 8 ASPECT 121 13684 0.88 3.55 9 EXCITING 116 12214 0.95 3.65 10 PHENOMENON 102 11276 0.90 3.58 11 TWIST 82 6921 1.18 3.97 12 CHALLENGING 74 10774 0.69 3.19 13 DYNAMIC 68 9760 0.70 3.21 14 WHATS 66 3701 1.78 4.56 15 INFORMATIVE 63 1576 4.00 5.73
  • 12. • Collocations 2)interesting mainly describes inanimate nouns: thing, question, note, aspect, phenomenon; while interested describes animate nouns: parties, anyone, readers (Folse, 2012) 3) for interesting all adjectives are―true‖: exciting, dynamic, challenging; for interested there are no ―true‖ adjectives: seeing, finding, buying Table 9. Collocations for Interested, Neutral Register FREQ ALL % MI 1 'M 2094 428957 0.49 3.11 2 AM 591 119780 0.49 3.12 3 BECAME 580 90167 0.64 3.51 4 PARTICULARLY 510 57100 0.89 3.98 5 PARTIES 430 30540 1.41 4.64 6 ANYONE 398 67652 0.59 3.38 7 SEEING 220 44457 0.49 3.13 8 FINDING 197 35877 0.55 3.28 9 HEARING 186 34927 0.53 3.23 10 READERS 179 20322 0.88 3.96 11 BUYING 159 20957 0.76 3.74 12 PRIMARILY 152 18901 0.80 3.83 13 BECOMING 141 29097 0.48 3.10 14 KNOWING 136 27440 0.50 3.13 15 GENUINELY 114 3559 3.20 5.82
  • 13. • Collocations Increasing and increased are derived from a transitive verb with intransitive equivalents and imply fairly similar meaning (whether or not the event was completed) (Scovel, 1974). Collocations for increasing and increased are comparable: 1)increasing and increased have 6 similar collocations Table 10. Collocations for Increasing, Neutral Register FREQ ALL % MI 1 NUMBER 1377 166125 0.83 4.83 2 NUMBERS 745 48876 1.52 5.71 3 PRESSURE 364 50329 0.72 4.64 4 DEMAND 243 28429 0.85 4.88 5 LEVELS 228 53309 0.43 3.88 6 FREQUENCY 209 10457 2.00 6.10 7 POPULATION 206 60071 0.34 3.56 8 INTEREST 188 76223 0.25 3.08 9 COSTS 185 50964 0.36 3.64 10 AWARENESS 182 14193 1.28 5.46 11 RATES 180 43560 0.41 3.83 12 TAXES 176 30729 0.57 4.30 13 COMPETITION 160 30025 0.53 4.20 14 TREND 157 15266 1.03 5.14 15 IMPORTANCE 155 28467 0.54 4.23
  • 14. • CollocationsTable 11. Collocations for Increased, Neutral Register FREQ ALL % MI 1 RISK 1525 64449 2.37 5.97 2 ASSOCIATED 544 39792 1.37 5.18 3 DEMAND 376 28429 1.32 5.13 4 RESULT 348 68865 0.51 3.75 5 COSTS 347 50964 0.68 4.18 6 PRESSURE 341 50329 0.68 4.17 7 LEVELS 338 53309 0.63 4.07 8 COMPETITION 332 30025 1.11 4.88 9 LEAD 303 65448 0.46 3.62 10 SPENDING 297 39599 0.75 4.32 11 PRODUCTION 297 44788 0.66 4.14 12 INCREASED 284 43209 0.66 4.13 13 AWARENESS 281 14193 1.98 5.72 14 ACTIVITY 281 41020 0.69 4.19 15 ATTENTION 280 74124 0.38 3.33 2)Both – increasing and increased describe inanimate nouns
  • 15. • Teaching Implications • The list of the top 20 most frequent –ing/-ed participial adjectives can be considered while teaching these forms • Not all participial adjectives can be taught with their counterparts. Students should be aware of the existence of ―single‖ –ing and –ed participial adjectives • To contribute to understanding of –ing/-ed participial adjectives, the forms can be taught along with their collocations. • While teaching –ing/-ed participial adjectives, registers— varieties of a language used for particular purposes—should be considered.
  • 16. References Biber, D., Conrad, S., & Reppen, R. (1994). Corpus-based approaches to issues in applied linguistics. Applied Linguistics, 15(2), 169-189. Biber, D., & Reppen, R. (2002). What does frequency have to do with grammar teaching? Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 24(2), 199-208. Folse, K. S. (2012). Keys to teaching grammar to English language learners: A practical handbook. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Nesselhauf, N. (2003). The use of collocations by advanced learners of english and some implications for teaching. Applied Linguistics, 24(2), 223-242. Reppen, R., Gordon, D. (2012). Grammar and beyond. New York: Cambridge University Press. Scovel, T. (1974). 'I am interesting in English'. English Language Teaching Journal, 28(4), 305-312.