Size in Kbyte | 43946 |
Size in w-units | 1993525 |
Size in s-units | 126976 |
Text type | words | s-units | texts |
Spoken demographic | 493852 (24.77%) | 52144 (41.06%) | 47 |
Spoken context-governed | 496852 (24.92%) | 24174 (19.03%) | 51 |
Written books and periodicals | 888522 (44.57%) | 44852 (35.32%) | 69 |
Written-to-be-spoken | 18121 (0.90%) | 1056 (0.83%) | 3 |
Written miscellaneous | 96178 (4.82%) | 4750 (3.74%) | 14 |
Total | 496852 | 24174 | 184 |
Domain for context-governed spoken material | words | s-units | texts |
Educational/Informative | 80463 (16.19%) | 7322 (30.28%) | 9 |
Business | 134275 (27.02%) | 5673 (23.46%) | 13 |
Public/Institutional | 145508 (29.28%) | 4816 (19.92%) | 14 |
Leisure | 136606 (27.49%) | 6363 (26.32%) | 15 |
Total | 493852 | 52144 | 51 |
Age band of demographic respondent | words | s-units | texts |
0-14 | 22387 (4.53%) | 1254 (2.40%) | 2 |
15-24 | 64652 (13.09%) | 7471 (14.32%) | 6 |
25-34 | 135973 (27.53%) | 11640 (22.32%) | 12 |
35-44 | 97834 (19.81%) | 13724 (26.31%) | 10 |
45-59 | 107112 (21.68%) | 12619 (24.20%) | 11 |
60+ | 65894 (13.34%) | 5436 (10.42%) | 6 |
Total | 493852 | 52144 | 47 |
Social class of demographic repondent | words | s-units | texts |
AB | 164933 (33.39%) | 13383 (25.66%) | 16 |
C1 | 98700 (19.98%) | 9641 (18.48%) | 9 |
C2 | 137686 (27.88%) | 18619 (35.70%) | 14 |
DE | 92533 (18.73%) | 10501 (20.13%) | 8 |
Total | 493852 | 52144 | 47 |
Sex of demographic respondent | words | s-units | texts |
Male | 241493 (48.89%) | 24183 (46.37%) | 23 |
Female | 252359 (51.10%) | 27961 (53.62%) | 24 |
Total | 990704 | 76318 | 47 |
Spoken interaction type | words | s-units | texts |
Monologue | 167714 (16.92%) | 7196 (9.42%) | 18 |
Dialogue | 822990 (83.07%) | 69122 (90.57%) | 80 |
Total | 990704 | 76318 | 98 |
Region where spoken | words | s-units | texts |
Unknown | 54129 (5.46%) | 1164 (1.52%) | 6 |
South | 375312 (37.88%) | 27688 (36.27%) | 37 |
Midlands | 199666 (20.15%) | 14988 (19.63%) | 19 |
North | 361597 (36.49%) | 32478 (42.55%) | 36 |
Total | 1002821 | 50658 | 98 |
Author age band | words | s-units | texts |
Unknown | 935786 (93.31%) | 49128 (96.97%) | 81 |
35-44 | 26550 (2.64%) | 0 (0%) | 1 |
45-59 | 7629 (0.76%) | 232 (0.45%) | 2 |
60+ | 32856 (3.27%) | 1298 (2.56%) | 2 |
Total | 1002821 | 50658 | 86 |
Author sex | words | s-units | texts |
Unknown | 405633 (40.44%) | 20091 (39.66%) | 39 |
Male | 396786 (39.56%) | 22145 (43.71%) | 35 |
Female | 195581 (19.50%) | 8142 (16.07%) | 11 |
Unknown | 4821 (0.48%) | 280 (0.55%) | 1 |
Total | 1002821 | 50658 | 86 |
Author type | words | s-units | texts |
Corporate | 79369 (7.91%) | 4285 (8.45%) | 9 |
Multiple | 368323 (36.72%) | 17458 (34.46%) | 32 |
Sole | 550136 (54.85%) | 28446 (56.15%) | 43 |
Unknown | 4993 (0.49%) | 469 (0.92%) | 2 |
Total | 1002821 | 50658 | 86 |
Audience age | words | s-units | texts |
Child | 23700 (2.36%) | 2326 (4.59%) | 3 |
Teenager | 30110 (3.00%) | 3673 (7.25%) | 4 |
Adult | 946106 (94.34%) | 44449 (87.74%) | 78 |
Any | 2905 (0.28%) | 210 (0.41%) | 1 |
Total | 1002821 | 50658 | 86 |
Domain for written texts | words | s-units | texts |
Imaginative | 233774 (23.31%) | 21332 (42.10%) | 18 |
natural & pure science | 35456 (3.53%) | 774 (1.52%) | 5 |
applied science | 106193 (10.58%) | 5494 (10.84%) | 10 |
social science | 76211 (7.59%) | 3438 (6.78%) | 10 |
world affairs | 306921 (30.60%) | 9201 (18.16%) | 23 |
commerce & finance | 60270 (6.01%) | 3613 (7.13%) | 6 |
arts | 58318 (5.81%) | 3049 (6.01%) | 3 |
belief & thought | 43626 (4.35%) | 1225 (2.41%) | 4 |
leisure | 82052 (8.18%) | 2532 (4.99%) | 7 |
Total | 1002821 | 50658 | 86 |
Audience level | words | s-units | texts |
Unknown | 9505 (0.94%) | 363 (0.71%) | 1 |
Low | 172777 (17.22%) | 11564 (22.82%) | 22 |
Medium | 568876 (56.72%) | 29136 (57.51%) | 44 |
High | 251663 (25.09%) | 9595 (18.94%) | 19 |
Total | 1002821 | 50658 | 86 |
Written Medium | words | s-units | texts |
Book | 616213 (61.44%) | 31927 (63.02%) | 45 |
Periodical | 272309 (27.15%) | 12925 (25.51%) | 24 |
Miscellaneous -- published | 59145 (5.89%) | 3368 (6.64%) | 8 |
Miscellaneous -- unpublished | 37033 (3.69%) | 1382 (2.72%) | 6 |
To-be-spoken | 18121 (1.80%) | 1056 (2.08%) | 3 |
Total | 1002821 | 50658 | 86 |
Place of publication | words | s-units | texts |
Unknown | 81999 (8.17%) | 3950 (7.79%) | 11 |
UK | 258098 (25.73%) | 11855 (23.40%) | 23 |
North | 8580 (0.85%) | 1493 (2.94%) | 1 |
Midland | 18749 (1.86%) | 0 (0%) | 1 |
South | 635395 (63.36%) | 33360 (65.85%) | 50 |
Total | 1002821 | 50658 | 86 |
Written sample type | words | s-units | texts |
Unknown | 430623 (42.94%) | 22146 (43.71%) | 43 |
Whole text | 187955 (18.74%) | 7987 (15.76%) | 15 |
Beginning sample | 170767 (17.02%) | 12078 (23.84%) | 14 |
Middle sample | 151063 (15.06%) | 7772 (15.34%) | 11 |
End sample | 26550 (2.64%) | 0 (0%) | 1 |
Composite | 35863 (3.57%) | 675 (1.33%) | 2 |
Total | 1002821 | 50658 | 86 |
Written reception status | words | s-units | texts |
Unknown | 262460 (26.17%) | 12646 (24.96%) | 24 |
Low | 226382 (22.57%) | 9537 (18.82%) | 19 |
Medium | 256448 (25.57%) | 13622 (26.89%) | 19 |
High | 257531 (25.68%) | 14853 (29.32%) | 24 |
Total | 1002821 | 50658 | 86 |
Target audience sex | words | s-units | texts |
Unknown | 280387 (27.95%) | 14950 (29.51%) | 28 |
Male | 20002 (1.99%) | 0 (0%) | 1 |
Female | 40288 (4.01%) | 2227 (4.39%) | 3 |
Mixed | 662144 (66.02%) | 33481 (66.09%) | 54 |
Total | 1002821 | 50658 | 86 |
Written text time period | words | s-units | texts |
1975-1993 | 1002821 (100%) | 50658 (100%) | 86 |