Course:COGS200/2017W1/NGram-EthanLandon
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Car, Auto, Automobile, Convertible, Ride
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After peaking in the 1940's Automobile got overtaken by Auto. Car also was most widely used in the 1920's though it has always been ahead of the others.
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The usage of some of the words probably grew/peaked during the 1920's due to the state of the world in the 1920's with the economic boom before the depression.
Wildcard Search
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Favorite Color is *
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The peak of red in 1900. Basin for almost all colors in 1950. Modern day blue is the most popular color.
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Red may have become less popular due to the soviet union and red being associated with communism. A repellent.
Inflection Search
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book_INF a hotel
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Booking a hotel is almost the same as booked a hotel. Its also interesting that booked a hotel and booking a hotel ended up at very similar places. It is also neat how book shot up so much in the 1980s.
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Search for a Word Using Part of Speech Tags
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fall_NOUN,fall_VERB
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Within expectations verb is more widely used than the noun
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Fall is a main explanatory verb whereas fall the noun can be used alongside Autumn, Harvest season, and the months during fall.
Search for Parts of Speech (Not a Specific Word)
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- _NOUN,*_VERB
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All verbs above the nouns and "is" has a huge lead over the rest.
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Verbs are used for multiple different scenarios, but the nouns have to apply to that specific object or concept limiting their usability.