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Table 4 The most common pronouns, nouns and verbs.

From: Characteristics of Finnish and Swedish intensive care nursing narratives: a comparative analysis to support the development of clinical language technologies

 

Finland (Finnish)

Sweden (Swedish)

The most common pronouns after FinCG/GTA

pronoun

n

pronoun

n

 

joka [which]

3,166

det [it]

6,659

 

se [it]

2,184

han [him]

4,707

 

tämä [this]

1,354

sig [them(selves)]

4,656

 

mikä [that]

452

hon [her]

3,908

 

ne [they]

335

detta [this]

2,266

The most common nouns after FinCG/GTA

noun

n

noun

n

 

tajunta [consciousness]

7,883

andning [breathing]

12,198

 

omainen [relative]

6,301

circulation [circulation]

10,910

 

potilas [patient]

6,242

ml [ml, abbr]

10,233

 

hengitys [breathing]

6,242

elimination [elimination]

10,074

 

pulssi [pulse]

5,722

nutrition [nutrition]

9,240

The most common verbs after FinCG/GTA

verb

n

verb

n

 

ei [no]

20,557

ha [have]

22,633

 

olla [be]

10,835

vara [be]

14,861

 

hapettua [oxygenate]

9,269

[receive]

11,975

 

saada [receive]

3,879

komma [come]

4,569

 

soittaa [phone]

3,622

[walk, leave]

4,460