DATA QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
Data analysis for our pilot study was carried out using Excel, and we will follow the
same procedure for the project. Further work on co-occurrences and collocations will
be undertaken with software such as Antconc.
Our first database included list of nouns, adjectives or adverbs, phrases and
sentences, and even paragraphs, but in our pilot study we focused on NP (nominal
phrases) and therefore on lexical semantics.
Graphs 1 and 2 below give the associations for the word αγάπη by Greek-Cypriot
students and with the word amour for French students. For the French students the
graphs indicate the number of occurrences and for the Greek data, they show
percentages. Table 1 shows the percentages for each language and community. All
these data had been published in the article titled Réseaux associatifs et ‘intraculturel’: l’acquisition du vocabulaire chez les apprenants à Chypre in Languages for
Intercultural Dialogue, Ed. J. Burston et al. Nicosia. 60-71, 2008.
Graph 1. Main associations for the word αγάπη by Greek-Cypriot
students
Graph 2. Main Associations for the word amour by French students
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Table 1 compares the associations of both communities.
TABLE 1. MAIN ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE CONCEPT “LOVE”
Greek-Cypriot students
58% of the occurrences are spread over these lexical
items:
French students
40% of the occurrences are spread over these
associations :
ερωτάς « erotic love » (6%)
ευτυχία « happiness » (4.5%)
οικογένεια « family » (4%)
τρυφερότητα « tenderness » (4%)
χαρά « joy » (4%)
κατανόηση « understanding » (3%)
φιλία « friendship » (2%)
ασφάλεια « safety » (2.5%)
passion (4%)
bonheur « happiness » (3.5%)
tendresse « tenderness » (3.5%)
sentiments « feelings » (3%)
couple (2.5%)
famille (2.5%)
joie (2.5%)
amitié « friendship » (2.5%)
sexualité « sexuality » (2%)
Graph 3 below shows the main associations for the word φόβος by Greek-Cypriot
students by number of occurrences.
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Graph 4 below shows the main associations for the word peur by French students in
percentages
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Table 2 recapitulates the data comparing French and Greek Cypriot data, by lexical
fields
Table 2. Main Lexical fields for Greek students and French students
associated with the concept of fear
Lexical fields for Greek-Cypriot students
Lexical fields for French students
First most important field relates to diverse
sources of fear (31.5%):
First most important field relates to diverse
sources of fear (12.5%):
- with 13.5% related to social circumstances;
ανασφάλεια “insecurity” (4.5%), µοναξιά
“loneliness” (5.5%),
αποτυχία “failure” (2%) and απόρριψη “rejection”
(1.5%)
- with 8.5 % related to unhappiness: λύπη
“sadness” (4%), κλάµα “grief” (1%) and δυστυχία
“unhappiness” (2.5%)
with 4% related to darkness: σκοτάδι “darkness”
(3%) and µαύρο “black” (1%)
- θάνατος “death” (5%)
- with 3.5% related to social circumstances;
échec “failure“1%, solitude 2.5%,
- with 3.5% related to darkness: noir “black,
darkness” 3.1%
- stress 3%, horreur 2%, surprise 1%,
agressivité, “aggressiveness“ 1%, cauchemar
“nightmare “ 1%, vide “vacuum, emptiness”
1.8%,
mort “death” 2.2%
Second most important field is “anxiety”
(12.5%)
άγχος “anguish” (6.5%), ανησυχία “worry” (4%)
and αγωνία “anguish, anxiety” (2 %)
Third most important field comprises a
synonym of “fear”: τρόµος (7%)
Fourth describes the physical consequence
of the fear: δάκρυα “tears” (1%)
Second most important lexical field
comprises synonyms of “fear“(11.8%):
effroi 3%, crainte, 2.2% and frayeur “fright“ 2%,
phobie “phobia“ 2.8%, panique “panic“ 1.8%.
Third most important field comprises the
physical consequences of these emotions
(5%):
tremblement “trembling “ 1%, cris “screams“
2%, pleurs “cries“ 2%.
Fourth describes anxiety: angoisse “anguish”
(5%)