Abstract
The ultimate goal of this paper is to provide an in-depth analysis of the frequency of do you have and have you got within the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), the British National Corpus (BNC), and the Corpus of Historical American English (COHA). The COCA clearly indicates that do you have is preferred over have you got by Americans. With respect to the genre frequency of the COCA, it is worth pointing out that in the TV/movie genre, the type do you have is the most widely used one. Likewise, in the TV/movie genre, the type have you got is the most commonly used one. The BNC shows, on the other hand, that have you got is preferred over do you have by British people. This clearly indicates that the type have you got is the most preferable one for British people in the spoken genre. Additionally, the COCA clearly shows that the collocation do you have children is the most preferred by Americans, followed by do you have time, do you have kids, do you have plans, do you have evidence, do you have family, do you have trouble, and do you have access, in that order. The COCA also shows that the collocation have you got time is the most preferable one for Americans, followed by have you got money, have you got room, and have you got plans, in that order. With regard to the collocation of nouns along with do you have in the BNC, it is important to note that do you have children is the most preferable one for British people, followed by do you have sugar (do you have milk, do you have problems), and do you have faith, in that order. In addition, it is significant to note that the collocation do you have children is the most preferable one for both Americans and British people. With respect to the collocation of have you got and nouns in the BNC, it is noteworthy that have you got time is the most preferred by British people, followed by have you got proof (have you got money), and have you got daddy (have you got potatoes, have you got news). Accordingly, the collocation have you got time is the most preferable one for both Americans and British people. When it comes to the COHA, it is worthwhile noting that do you have reached a peak (1,332 tokens) in 2010. This indicates that it was the most preferable type for Americans. It is significant to note, on the other hand, that have you got had the highest frequency (462 tokens) in 1930. From this, it is clear that have you got was the most preferred by Americans.