Corpus-based analysis of near-synonymous verbs

Table 7 Nominal subject collocates of affect

Rank	Collocate	Raw frequency	LogDice score
1	Factor	182	9.53
2	Change	151	8.87
3	Decision	86	8.21
4	Issue	76	8.11
5	Matter	60	7.98
6	Recession	38	7.79
7	Disease	41	7.72
8	Condition	47	7.54
9	HIV	20	7.12
10	Legislation	27	7.1
11	War	39	7.09
12	Problem	56	6.94
13	Action	32	6.93
14	Crisis	21	6.91
15	Influence	20	6.87
16	Policy	35	6.81
17	Event	28	6.78
18	Aids	16	6.76
19	Law	34	6.72
20	Way	26	6.68
21	Trend	16	6.57
22	Animosity	13	6.55
23	Climate	14	6.54
24	Pollution	14	6.52
25	Development	23	6.52
26	Process	26	6.51
27	Consideration	16	6.51
28	Illness	14	6.49
29	Proposal	18	6.42
30	Presence	14	6.4