USING KEY WORDS IN TEXT ANALYSIS: PRACTICAL ASPECTS
Tony Berber Sardinha
In this working paper, I review some of the features available for language analysis
in the KeyWords tool of WordSmith (Scott1996). In general, KeyWords has proved a reliable tool for comparing language samples, be them texts or corpora. Its results have helped identify not only differences across texts but also within texts. I present some arguments related to the use of chi-square in comparing word frequencies, and propose two techniques for extracting a representative subset of key words for analysis.
http://www.corpus4u.org/upload/forum/2005071003351887.pdf
Tony Berber Sardinha
In this working paper, I review some of the features available for language analysis
in the KeyWords tool of WordSmith (Scott1996). In general, KeyWords has proved a reliable tool for comparing language samples, be them texts or corpora. Its results have helped identify not only differences across texts but also within texts. I present some arguments related to the use of chi-square in comparing word frequencies, and propose two techniques for extracting a representative subset of key words for analysis.
http://www.corpus4u.org/upload/forum/2005071003351887.pdf
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