
Viewing the ResultsĪfter you make your selection, the system will calculate a custom vocabulary list for your documents. For a typical text this gives a list of 100 to 300 distinct words. The defaults for these features are to sort by weighted frequency and to display the top 50%. Large tables if you are requesting a very long list, the XML file may work better. Note that some browsers have problems displaying very
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You can choose a table that will provideĪttractive output in a web browser or an XML file that you can import into other software programs.

Output Formats: The vocabulary tool provides two different ways to format your output. Selecting an alphabetical listing of words works best when displaying all words in your selection. If you want a comprehensive list, pick a lower percentage or the If you are lookingįor a list that contains the essential vocabulary for your selected texts, pick a higher percentage. The vast majority of words in any text appear only once. As with the sort orders, the different percentages are useful for different purposes. List Length: The tool also allows you to select the percentage of the words in a document that you want to include in your Seeīelow for more information and detailed examples. Or ten words with the highest key word scores are frequently the names of the important people, places, and concepts in your selection of works. Score appear relatively often in your document selection but appear relatively infrequently in other documents in the collection in the Perseus Digital Library.

Than one work by holding the Control key.
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As usual, Macintosh users can select more than one work by holding the Command key as they click, and Windows users can select more You can select the documents for your vocabulary list by Here, you are presented with a selection box that shows all of the works in a language in a Perseus collection (see above figure).

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The box will provide a link to further refine how the vocab is sortedįull Text(s): If you want to view the vocab for a full text or multiple texts, you will need to access the Vocabulary Tool page. The top 50% of words in that section, sorted by weighted frequency. Subsection of a Text: If you want the vocab for a particular section of a text, say Bookġ of the Iliad, then you would view that section on the text page, and click load in the Vocabulary Tool box. There are two ways to access the Vocab Tool depending on what you are looking for:
