Course:COGS200/2017W1/jaredlazar

Compare Words

Code: pants, trousers. The graph compares the usage of the words pants and trousers in books ranging from 1800-2008. The use of trousers was favoured from the approximately 1830 to 1970. The change from the favoured trousers to pants could be attributed to

Wildcard Search

Code: favorite sport is * The graph indicates generally how people's favourite sports have changed over time. A possible factor driving the change of different sports is the advancement of different technologies that can make one sport more appealing than another sports. As well the favourites of certain classes of people or demographics can be generalized in some cases. For example golf has always been known as a sport catered to the upper class, often very costly. As a result of this people that are part of the upper class are more likely to choose golf as their favourite sport than someone who hasn't had very much exposure or access to the sport, ie. in the lower class.

Inflection Search

Code: blow_INF out the candles The graph illustrates the different possible variations of the phrase 'blow out the candles'. The differences in usage seems to mostly pertain to the tense the phrase is being used in as well as who the phrase is referring to.

Search for a word using Part-of-Speech Tags

Code: run_NOUN, run_VERB This graph indicates the difference in usage between the word run used as a noun (I am going on a run) and run used as a verb (I am going to run away). The difference in usage would be attributed to the fact that run as a verb has many more uses in the English language than run as a noun.

Search for Parts of Speech (not a specific word)

Code: *_VERB This graph shows the most common verbs that are used in the English language over the years 1800-2008. The most commonly used verb is 'is' and this makes sense because it provides the basic structure of sentences when describing events or nouns or actions.