RE: [Corpora-List] fiction word list?

From: Mark Davies (Mark_Davies@byu.edu)
Date: Sat Mar 26 2005 - 14:08:51 MET

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    Does anyone have or know of a fiction word list, similar in concept to
    Coxhead's academic word list?
    <http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/research/awl/info.html <http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/research/awl/info.html> >

    You might try my "Variation in English Words and Phrases" (VIEW) site: http://view.byu.edu
     
    This interface to the 100m word British National Corpus allows you to specify a "macro" register (e.g. fiction) or even a more narrow register (like drame or poetry or prose) and then look for the top 3000 words in that register (just use * ), or narrow by part of speech (e.g. [vvi] or [nn*]) or phrase (e.g. the * in).
     
    You can also use fuzzy matches, WordNet-based queries, and comparison of synonyms/antonyms -- usually with just one simply query.
     
    Any questions, please feel free to email me.
     
    Mark Davies
     
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