Course:COGS200 ngram assignment
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Compare Words
a) https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=boat%2C+ship%2Cvessel&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cboat%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cship%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cvessel%3B%2Cc0 b) Words used: "boat, ship, vessel". The graph represents the frequency of each word in books throughout the years. The word "ship" has been the dominant one of the three, but we can see that "boat" takes over "vessel" around the 1920s c) There seems that that "boat" became more popular than "ship" during the time where boat engines became more affordable and small enough to create small, commercial ships rather than big transport vessels. d) It seems that, while "ship" has always been the preferred term to use, "boat" gain traction as more commercially available boats came into the market, making big vessels such as ferries less common on society compared to small, private boats.
Wildcard Search
a) https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=i+like+to+*&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t2%3B%2Ci%20like%20to%20%2A%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bi%20like%20to%20think%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bi%20like%20to%20be%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bi%20like%20to%20see%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bi%20like%20to%20have%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bi%20like%20to%20feel%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bi%20like%20to%20do%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bi%20like%20to%20play%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bi%20like%20to%20watch%3B%2Cc0# b) I chose the sentence "I like *" to be displayed on the graph. It shows the most common terms people have searched after the sentence "I like" c) The word "think" has recently become the most searched term, while "feel" and "watch" has seen a decline. d) the previous change might be due to change in human behavior where "thinking" has become more of a peaceful, anti-stress activity.
Inflection Search a) https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=alcohol_INF%2C+drink_INF&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t3%3B%2Calcohol_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Balcohol%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Balcohols%3B%2Cc0%3B.t3%3B%2Cdrink_INF%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bdrink%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bdrinking%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bdrunk%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bdrank%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bdrinks%3B%2Cc0 b) I chose the verb "drink_INF" and the noun "alcohol_INF". It shows the most frequent inflections of each. c) While the term "drink" and its inflections have stayed relatively stable, the words "alcohol" and "alcohols" had a boom through the beginnings of the 20th century. d) I believe this is caused by the US alcohol prohibition era.
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