Just the Word (http://193.133.140.102/JustTheWord/) is gaining popularity with practitioners as well as researchers. WORDLE is a wonderful graphic interface to illustrate corpus frequency statistics. Few people are aware of the ADVANCED feature on WORDLE and how to ‘mash up’ input from a site like Just the Word.
Here is an example WORDLE based on high frequency collocates of RESEARCH using the pattern analysis of the BNC from Just the Word. I replaced the root RESEARCH with a bullet to make it less cluttered.
![Just the Word & WORDLE...a match made in [lexical] heaven..](http://www.wordle.net/thumb/wrdl/2168943/Research_collocates "Just the Word & WORDLE...a match made in [lexical] heaven..")
And here is how I did this:
WORDLE has an ‘advanced’ button (top right) that takes you to http://www.wordle.net/advanced – from here, you can specify not only the ‘size’ of the words, but also the colour.
For example, from Just the Word I generated the collocates of ‘RESEARCH’. I then did a little Excel ‘magic’ and sorted all the collocates by pattern, and filtered within the frequency range of 100 to 1000 (to produce a reasonable wordle not dominated by one or two really high frequency items). I then selected a different colour for each PATTERN. Because RESEARCH was the common root, I replaced it with a ‘bullet’ to make the graphic less dominated by the repeated word. I then put the data into the ADVANCED feature. See http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2168943/Research_collocates
Here is the original filtered data from JTW. (I copied the JTW output, put it into EXCEL and then executed a few formulae to repeat the PATTERN and cluster data.)
| research | FREQUENCY | cluster | PATTERN |
| carry out research | 155 | cluster 1 | V obj *research* |
| conduct research | 132 | cluster 1 | V obj *research* |
| undertake research | 122 | cluster 2 | V obj *research* |
| do research | 358 | cluster 3 | V obj *research* |
| research show | 380 | cluster 1 | *research* subj V |
| research suggest | 131 | cluster 1 | *research* subj V |
| research have | 745 | cluster 4 | *research* subj V |
| recent research | 171 | cluster 1 | ADJ *research* |
| further research | 190 | cluster 9 | ADJ *research* |
| more research | 115 | cluster 9 | ADJ *research* |
| medical research | 242 | cluster 9 | ADJ *research* |
| much research | 102 | cluster 9 | ADJ *research* |
| own research | 153 | cluster 9 | ADJ *research* |
| scientific research | 240 | cluster 9 | ADJ *research* |
| social research | 182 | cluster 9 | ADJ *research* |
| such research | 111 | cluster 9 | ADJ *research* |
| market research | 425 | cluster 1 | N *research* |
| Cancer research | 114 | cluster 2 | N *research* |
| research into | 708 | cluster 2 | *research* PREP |
| research on | 644 | cluster 2 | *research* PREP |
| research in | 840 | cluster 2 | *research* PREP |
| research by | 164 | cluster 2 | *research* PREP |
| research at | 151 | cluster 2 | *research* PREP |
| research department | 103 | cluster 1 | *research* N |
| research group | 205 | cluster 1 | *research* N |
| research institute | 214 | cluster 1 | *research* N |
| research team | 151 | cluster 1 | *research* N |
| research unit | 178 | cluster 1 | *research* N |
| research study | 135 | cluster 2 | *research* N |
| research work | 132 | cluster 2 | *research* N |
| research method | 141 | cluster 3 | *research* N |
| research programme | 316 | cluster 3 | *research* N |
| research project | 482 | cluster 3 | *research* N |
| research grant | 185 | cluster 5 | *research* N |
| research council | 446 | cluster 7 | *research* N |
| research center | 344 | cluster 7 | *research* N |
| research finding | 128 | cluster 7 | *research* N |
| research laboratory | 189 | cluster 7 | *research* N |
| research student | 137 | cluster 7 | *research* N |
| result of research | 117 | cluster 4 | N PREP *research* |
| center for research | 109 | cluster 5 | N PREP *research* |
| research and development | 359 | cluster 1 | *research* and N |
| our research | 148 | cluster 1 | article *research* |
| some research | 140 | cluster 1 | article *research* |
| this research | 262 | cluster 1 | article *research* |
| their research | 171 | cluster 1 | article *research* |
| my research | 111 | cluster 1 | article *research* |
Here is the data coded for WORDLE (which I pasted into the ADVANCED feature of WORDLE–the number is the FREQUENCY, and the HEX value is the HTML colour code.) Note that I’ve replaced the word RESEARCH with a bullet.
carry out•:155:4411AA
conduct•:132:4411AA
undertake•:122:4411AA
do•:358:4411AA
•show:380:00FF48
•suggest:131:00FF48
•have:745:00FF48
recent•:171:6280AA
further•:190:6280AA
more•:115:6280AA
medical•:242:6280AA
much•:102:6280AA
own•:153:6280AA
scientific•:240:6280AA
social•:182:6280AA
such•:111:6280AA
market•:425:62FF48
Cancer•:114:62FF48
•into:708:6280FF
•on:644:6280FF
•in:840:6280FF
•by:164:6280FF
•at:151:6280FF
•department:103:0080FF
•group:205:0080FF
•institute:214:0080FF
•team:151:0080FF
•unit:178:0080FF
•study:135:0080FF
•work:132:0080FF
•method:141:0080FF
•programme:316:0080FF
•project:482:0080FF
•grant:185:0080FF
•council:446:0080FF
•center:344:0080FF
•finding:128:0080FF
•laboratory:189:0080FF
•student:137:0080FF
Neat, eh?
we are just using wordle because it is intresting and easy to understand which words are the most frequent words and the key words on the other hand this “advanced wordle” is fabuluos. It brings lots of collocations like a thesaurus. It prıvides lots of information about your word and it’s surroundings.
The simple form of the wordle is the one we always use.But this advanced wordle makes me more excited because it includes more words related to the word that we write.I shows many collocations..It shows a broad circle in which the written word is used differently.
wordle is funny also easy to use. with the colours and shapes of the words, it attracts the sutedents. it also provides us which words are frequently used in the text we provided to the students so that we can see whıch words should we stress on while teaching, it also provides us to see collacations of the words that are frequent so that we can see and teach them to the children.
wordle is very easy to use. It gives us idea about the text before reading it. we can understand which words are usually used in the text. Hence, we can understand the text is easy to read or not
I think wordle is a very funny website.It can help teacher and students.Before analyzing a text or a reading passage it can give an idea about the topic.Because you can see the most frequent words which are in the text.Knowing the common words provides you detailed informatin about words.
So far we only use wordle, frequence list and vocabulary profiles because they are not difficult to understand. On the contrary, ‘advanced wordle’ is wonderful. It gives us several collocations .It also provides us useful information about our environment .