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Word list exercises
1. This is an extract of the ten most frequently occurring words in a corpus. Does it tell you anything about the corpus? How could you generate a more meaningful word list?
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237
198
171
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88
72
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2. Compare the following frequency list (shown in left-hand column) against a key word list (right-hand column) generated for the same corpus. Based on the contents of the key word list, can you guess what types of texts make up this corpus?
Most frequently occurring terms in the corpus |
Most "key" words in the corpus |
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experience
position
candidates
applications
qualifications
interview
resume
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