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the point of it You might want a word list based on some data you have obtained in the form of a list, but whose original texts you do not have access to.
requirements Your text file can be in any language (select this before you make the list), and can be in Unicode or ASCII. But it must follow a similar format as a stop list expects, except that following each word there must be a <tab> character and the frequency as a plain number (decimal points will be ignored). Do not use commas as a thousands delimiter as otherwise they'll be interpreted as different words. The words do not need to be in frequency or alphabetical order.
Example
; My word list for test purposes. THIS 67543 IT 33218 WILL 2978 BE 5679 COMPLETE 45 AND 99345 UTTER 54 RUBBISH 99 THE 578965 IS 55678
You should get results like these.
Statistics are calculated in the simplest possible way: the word-lengths (plus mean and standard deviation), and the number of types and tokens. Most procedures need to know the total number of running words (tokens) and the number of different word types so you should manage to use the word-list in KeyWords etc.
how to do it When you choose the New menu option () in WordList you get a window offering three tabs: a Main tab for most usual purposes,
one for Detailed Consistency, and another (Advanced) for creating a word list using a plain text file.
Choose your .txt file and press create word list now. |