SECTIONS   SHOW

If selected (the default), you will see the frequency in each of the decades 1810s-2000s (see example). If left unselected, you will see the overall frequency in the corpus (see example).

SECTION 1

(Optional) Sort and limit by frequency in the selected section(s)

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You can select as many sections as you'd like. On a PC, hold down CTRL as you choose multiple selections.

EXAMPLES (CLICK TO RUN):
Note which options get selected in the form, and then modify the values to create your own queries.
Note also that (ALL) in these cases shows the frequency decade by decade (although the ranking is just from the frequency of the decades selected).
 

*ism words; 1940s-1960s (ALL)

ADJ before music, 1970s-2000s (ALL)
*heart* 1820s-1870s (ALL) VERB + up + the in the 1990s-2000s (ALL)
*ly adverbs, 1990s-2000s (ALL) fast + NOUN in the 1960s-2000s (ALL)
synonyms of strong, 1950s-2000s (ALL) ADJ before woman in 1960s-1980s (ALL)

 

SECTION 2

(Optional) Select a second (set of) section(s) against which to compare the sections chosen above


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EXAMPLES (CLICK TO RUN):

Note which options get selected in the form, and then modify the values to create your own queries.
Note: here the first set of decades is on the left (from SECTION 1); other decades on right (SECTION 2). You can reverse these, if you want.
 
*ism 1940s-1960s vs 1870s-1920s ADJ before music in the 1970s-2000s vs 1850s-1910s
*heart* 1820s-1870s vs 1970s-2000s VERB + up + the in the 1990s-2000s vs 1830s-1890s
*ly adverbs in the 1990s-2000s vs 1900s-1910s fast + NOUN in the 1960s-2000s vs 1860s-1910s
synonyms of strong in the 1950s-2000s vs 1860s-1920s ADJ before woman in the 1960s-1980s vs 1860s-1880s