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Looking for a corpus of English...
Hello all,
I am doing a dissertation which requires me to use a wide corpus of English. I have looked at the BNC and the Bank of English but the costs are prohibitive as I am funding this myself.
Has anyone any idea where I might get a corpus of a few million words which I use for concordancing and word frequency-of-use analysis?
I would really appreciate any help or advice you guys could give me.
Thanks,
Howard.
Howard Coakley
e-mail... howard
I am doing a dissertation which requires me to use a wide corpus of English. I have looked at the BNC and the Bank of English but the costs are prohibitive as I am funding this myself.
Has anyone any idea where I might get a corpus of a few million words which I use for concordancing and word frequency-of-use analysis?
I would really appreciate any help or advice you guys could give me.
Thanks,
Howard.
Howard Coakley
e-mail... howard
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[nq:1]Hello all, I am doing a dissertation which requires me to use a wide corpus of English. I have looked ... use for concordancing and word frequency-of-use analysis?
- [nq:1]Hello all, I am doing a dissertation which requires me to use a wide corpus of English.
- I have looked ...
- use for concordancing and word frequency-of-use analysis?
- [/nq] There are masses of On Line Newspapers with Modern English, beware the Tabloids have different word frequencies from Broadsheets.
- For pre 1923 works there is Project Gutenberg.
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[nq:1]Hello all, I am doing a dissertation which requires me to use a wide corpus of English. I have looked ... use for concordancing and word frequency-of-use analysis? I would really appreciate any help or advice you guys could give me.[/nq]
There are masses of On Line Newspapers with Modern English, beware the Tabloids have different word frequencies from Broadsheets.
For pre 1923
There are masses of On Line Newspapers with Modern English, beware the Tabloids have different word frequencies from Broadsheets.
For pre 1923
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[nq:1]There are masses of On Line Newspapers with Modern English, beware the Tabloids have different word frequencies from Broadsheets.[/nq]
Where does that leave The Independent, which now publishes in both formats?
Brian {Hamilton Kelly} (Email Removed) "We can no longer stand apart from Europe if we would. Yet we are untrained to mix with our neighbours, or even talk to them". Geor
Where does that leave The Independent, which now publishes in both formats?
Brian {Hamilton Kelly} (Email Removed) "We can no longer stand apart from Europe if we would. Yet we are untrained to mix with our neighbours, or even talk to them". Geor
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[nq:2]There are masses of On Line Newspapers with Modern English, beware the Tabloids have different word frequencies from Broadsheets.[/nq]
[nq:1]Where does that leave The Independent, which now publishes in both formats?[/nq]
Betwixt and between?
Sitting on the fence?
[nq:1]Where does that leave The Independent, which now publishes in both formats?[/nq]
Betwixt and between?
Sitting on the fence?
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[nq:1]Hello all, I am doing a dissertation which requires me to use a wide corpus of English. I have looked ... words which I use for concordancing and word frequency-of-use analysis? I would really appreciate any help or advice you guys[/nq]
Dolls need not reply? That's my four-word contribution. Will it help?
[nq:1]could give me.[/nq]
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[nq:1]Hello all, I am doing a dissertation which requires me to use a wide corpus of English. I have looked ... words which I use for concordancing and word frequency-of-use analysis? I would really appreciate any help or advice you guys[/nq]
Dolls need not reply? That's my four-word contribution. Will it help?
[nq:1]could give me.[/nq]
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[nq:1]Hello all, I am doing a dissertation which requires me to use a wide corpus of English. I have looked ... use for concordancing and word frequency-of-use analysis? I would really appreciate any help or advice you guys could give me.[/nq]
See "Computational Analysis of Present Day American English", Henry Kucera and W Nelson Francis, Brown University Press, 1967. A little out o
[nq:1]Hello all, I am doing a dissertation which requires me to use a wide corpus of English. I have looked ... use for concordancing and word frequency-of-use analysis? I would really appreciate any help or advice you guys could give me.[/nq]
See "Computational Analysis of Present Day American English", Henry Kucera and W Nelson Francis, Brown University Press, 1967. A little out o
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[nq:1]See "Computational Analysis of Present Day American English", Henry Kucera and W Nelson Francis, Brown University Press, 1967. A little out of date perhaps, but it includes samples of AmerEnglish from a very wide variety of areas of interest.[/nq]
Hi Dave,
Thanks for that.
I'm afraid I really need to do this from a text-file based corpus. Having done some research on the Kucera e
Hi Dave,
Thanks for that.
I'm afraid I really need to do this from a text-file based corpus. Having done some research on the Kucera e
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[nq:1]Dolls need not reply? That's my four-word contribution. Will it help?[/nq]
Well, it didn't help me, but it seemed to make you feel better. That gives me a lovely warm feeling anyway.
H.
Well, it didn't help me, but it seemed to make you feel better. That gives me a lovely warm feeling anyway.
H.
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[nq:2]See "Computational Analysis of Present Day American English", Henry Kucera ... AmerEnglish from a very wide variety of areas of interest.[/nq]
[nq:1]Hi Dave, Thanks for that. I'm afraid I really need to do this from a text-file based corpus. Having done some research on the Kucera et-al work, It doesn't seem to be available in that format. I'll keep looking...[/nq]
I know
[nq:2]See "Computational Analysis of Present Day American English", Henry Kucera ... AmerEnglish from a very wide variety of areas of interest.[/nq]
[nq:1]Hi Dave, Thanks for that. I'm afraid I really need to do this from a text-file based corpus. Having done some research on the Kucera et-al work, It doesn't seem to be available in that format. I'll keep looking...[/nq]
I know
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[nq:2]Hi Dave, Thanks for that. I'm afraid I really need ... seem to be available in that format. I'll keep looking...[/nq]
[nq:1]I know it was done nearly 40 years ago, but it was done on a computer, so there might just ... the authors still has the original files it was compiled from. If, of course, you can find the authors $-}[/nq]
Hi again Dave,
Yes - it might be a possi
[nq:2]Hi Dave, Thanks for that. I'm afraid I really need ... seem to be available in that format. I'll keep looking...[/nq]
[nq:1]I know it was done nearly 40 years ago, but it was done on a computer, so there might just ... the authors still has the original files it was compiled from. If, of course, you can find the authors $-}[/nq]
Hi again Dave,
Yes - it might be a possi
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