MonoConc allows the user to determine what characters count as
word-delimiters and the default setting consists of the following:
.,;:#$^&()[]{}<>+=/\|`~"
MonoConc Pro is the same apart from the addition of !
The user can add or remove characters, but as a default list, this is
minimal.
I had a quick look at Wordsmith, which I use only occasionally and don't
know at all well, but I could not see an equivalent list among the many
settings possibilities. However, I did see an option for including or
excluding hyphens as part of a word---and hyphens were not in the MonoConc
default list, and neither was the apostrophe.
I don't know if this is enough to explain the considerably lower word
frequency counts in MonoConc.
Michael
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Michael Barlow, Department of Linguistics, Rice University
barlow@rice.edu www.ruf.rice.edu/~barlow
Athelstan barlow@athel.com www.athel.com (U.S.) www.athelstan.com (UK)