Text
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This website
analyses the lexis of texts. Its purpose is to help you to evaluate and edit
texts by identifying the statistical frequency of each word in the text. How
to use the site Paste your text into the box on the right and click
‘submit’ at the bottom. You will then see each word in your text coloured
and numbered according to its frequency. For example the word ‘the’ will be coloured in blue
and numbered 1, showing that it is in the first 500 most common words in
English. The word ‘lecture’ will be coloured red and numbered 10, showing
that it is a less common word, and therefore more likely to be difficult for
readers. A full chart appears below your text itemising each word and its
level. This tool allows you then to edit your text to alter
the level of lexical difficulty. Academic
background The calculation of frequency of General words
(levels 1-5) is based on Baumann’s authoritative wordlist: which is based in
turn on the General Service List (GSL).
Baumann’s list has been extended considerably through the careful
addition of plurals, US and UK spellings and basic derivations (e.g. ‘walked’
has been added to the basic ‘walk’) to the original list This means that the
resource is of greater benefit for text analysis, as the resulting analysis
is considerably more comprehensive. The calculation of frequency of Academic words
(above level 5) is based on Coxhead’s comprehensive
and well-known Academic Word List: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist/ |
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