Corcordancing inside the cop as well as the anthem

Concordancing in The Cop plus the Anthem

A concordancer is one of the simplest but , at the same time, most powerful tools to elicit particular types of information-in a quick and effective way- through the diverse corpora available currently. Concordancers had been widely used in linguistics, most importantly in text-type studies which rely on quantitative analysis. There are significant expansion in a linguistics during recent years. But linguistics can be not the only field wherever concordancers might prove useful. Literary criticism might also always be benefited via it. This kind of paper states for the use of attache to literary texts. Since an extremely highly effective hypothesis testing device on vast amounts of information, the computer allows controlled speculation, makes hidden structures visible, enhances at the same time imagination and checks that by inductivity, thus producing higher degrees of objectivity conceivable. Here I choose as subject the storyline and characterization and composing style within a famous brief story by an American article writer O. Holly The Policeman and The Anthem. The concordancing programs I prefer in this case is usually Wconcord and Wordsmith.

I load the text The Police officer and The Anthem into Wordsmith. It provides a lot of general statistics about the written text:

Bytes13, 892

Tokens2, 374

Types965

Type/Token Ratio40. 65

Standard Type/Token48. 85

Ave. Phrase Length4. 54

Sentences117

Dispatched. length20. 15

sd. Sent. Length16. 66

Para. length1, 187. 00

sd. Em virtude de. length1, 667. 36

1-letter words85

2-letter words350

3-letter words563

4-letter words370

For this text the bytes is 13, 892 and the tokens are2, 374 and the sentences are 117, which can be construed as a sign for a brief text. The token/ratio is definitely 40. sixty-five. This can be interpreted as a sign for a middle-leveled variation in vocabulary. Is actually sentence length is 20. 15, which means sentences in this text will be long compared to some easy texts. The quantity of its section length is usually 1187. 00. This means the paragraphs with this text can be not long in general. If we plus total amounts of 1-letter 2-letter 3-letter and 4-letter words and phrases we can understand the words lower than 4 letters are 1368 together. But the tokens inside the text is definitely 2374. Thus 43 percent of the words and phrases are more than 4-letter words. Therefore we might predict this text can be middle-sized in difficulty. Were thus confronted with a short text middle-sized in difficulty.

However load this text into Wconcord. The frequency list in Wconcord yields a few interesting materials. The following is the 244 most typical words(Other following words merely appear once. ). This helps us contact form an idea with what the story is around.

Word consistency F%

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And |93| 3. 974|

A |72| 3. 077|

Of |67| 2 . 863|

His |57| 2 . 436|

To |56| 2 . 393|

Soapy |48| 2 . 051|

He |43| 1 . 838|

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Man |7| 0. 299|

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Don |5| 0. 214|

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Mind |5|. 214|

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Restaurant |5| 0. 214|

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Big t |5| 0. 214|

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Winter months |5| zero. 214|

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U |4| 0. 171|

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Phrase Frequency F%

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Anthem |3| 0. 128|

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Caf? |2| 0. 085|

Church |2| 0. 085|

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Coats |2| 0. 085|

Word Regularity F%

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Using this evidence it can be concluded that the storyline ever happened on the playground? island? corner? restaurant? streets? Broadway? Madison Square? caf? church? membership, etc . in the winter. It’s about a person named Soapy who something to do with a policeman? a woman? a waitress? a man and an officer.

This can be the moment to maneuver on to concordance. A concordance of Soapy and he can yield some actions performed by Soapy and thus the main plot on this short history can be manifested clearly ( selected lines only).

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On his along with in Madison Square, | Soapy | moved uneasily.

kind to their partners, and when | Soapy | moves uneasily on his counter

and the Costa each winter, so | Soapy | had built his modest arrangements intended for his

| Soapy | kept his counter and wandered

But since | Soapy | turn up to side the restaurant door the

| Soapy | deterred Broadway.

| Soapy | got a cobblestone and dashed it through

| Soapy | stood even now, with his hands in his bank | Soapy |, with disgust in his heart, loafed alone

Into this kind of place | Soapy | took his accusive shoes and boots and tellta

Five blocks | Soapy | travelled before his courage permitted tight little department | Soapy | straightened out the lady missionarys ready

With fifty percent an eye | Soapy | noticed that the cop was viewing him | Soapy | followed, strongly stepping to her side

inging ivy to his walnut | Soapy | walked past the policeman overcome with

Around the sidewalk | Soapy | began to yell drunken gibberish at the Low, | Soapy | halted his unavailing racket.

| Soapy | stepped inside, guaranteed the umbrella and

| Soapy | wandered eastward by using a street broken

For length | Soapy | reached among the avenues to the east

unusually quiet corner | Soapy | came to a standstill.

anthem the organist performed cemented | Soapy | to the iron fence

He would | Soapy | felt a hand put on his equip.

On the corners of 4 streets | he | hands his pasteboard for the North

And | therefore | he | moved uneasily on his along with. H did not repulse the cold since | he | used his bench near the spurring

and eleemosynary, on which | he | may possibly set out and receive

Up Broadway | he | switched, and stopped at a glittering caf

With drawn golf club | he | joined them the goal.

By a table | this individual | lay and used beefsteak, flapjacks

Then to the cashier | he | betrayed the fact that the minutes

| He | arose joint by joint, as a carpenters

Already be imagined | he | could think tile comfy warmth in the sta

At the up coming corner | he | shook off his partner and leaped.

| He | halted in the district whereby nigh worry upon it and when | he | came upon another policeman lying down g

transplendent theatre | this individual | trapped | on the immediate straw of diso

| He | danced, howled, raved, and otherwise

|He | buttoned his thin coat resistant to the chi

In a cigar store | he | saw a well-dressed man ]lighting a cig

| He | hurled the umbrella wrathfully into an

| He | muttered against the guys who wear hel

| He | set his face down this toward Madison

| He | looked at with swift horror the pit in to

the pit in to which | he | had tumbled, the degraded days, unwort

| He | looked quickly around in to the broad farrenheit

From the collocations of Soapy and he we can understand the main story of the account: (1)Soapy transferred uneasily in the bench in the winter. He might set out to look for his lodgings. Then he made his arrangement. (2) Soapy tucked out of the park and stopped at a caf? after Broadway. But he deterred Broadway. (3) Soapy took a cobblestone and dashed a windows. Then this individual stood continue to. (4) Soapy loafed only with outrage in his head. After that he sat and consumed beefsteak and flapjacks at a table. But for the waitress he betrayed something and it looked like he was defeated. (5) Soapy traveled again. When Soapy saw the policeman was watching him he adopted a woman. Although Soapy walked past the policeman safely. In the next spot he shook off his companion and ran away. (6) Within the sidewalk Soapy began to shout drunken gibberish. He danced, howled, raved. Yet this individual ceased his unavailing racket disconsolately. Thus he buttoned his slender coat. (7) In a stogie store this individual saw a well-dressed man Soapy stepped inside and guaranteed an umbrella. But he hurled the umbrella wrathfully. (8) Soapy walked eastward through a road. At size Soapy come to one of the avenues to the east. He collection his deal with down this toward Madison Square. But on an abnormally quiet part Soapy reached a standstill. As well as the anthem the fact that organist played cemented Soapy to the flat iron fence, for he had well-known it very well. He looked at with swift horror the pit in to which he previously tumbled, the degraded times, unworthy desires. (9) Soapy felt a hand set on his arm. He seemed quickly about.

From the concordance of the hero Soapy we now have received the information of full plots with this story. From it our company is also crystal clear the fictional structure of O. Henry’ short stories: firstly, starting, secondly, avertissement of the interest, thirdly, like, fourthly, secret and denouement. In this history the 1st plot is definitely the opening with the story-Soapy might set out to locate a lodgings (being a guest of the law) for winter. From the second story to the 7th plot are initiations with the intrigue-Soapy would various awful things to be able to enter the prison: he ever before set ft . inside a caf? for a cost-free meal yet he failed, he ever dashed a stone to a glass nevertheless the policeman refused to accept Soapy as a clue, then Soapy successfully had a big food in a cafe yet he was just crushed instead of getting sent to jail, he ever lured a woman in order to be captured by the policeman but the woman was a prostitute and he failed to become captured by policeman again, then Soapy began to yell drunken gibberish, however , the policeman ignored him being a Yale student and pardoned him, in a cigar retail outlet he required a man’ umbrella in public places yet that man has not been the true owner of it, as well, thus Soapy failed again. The 8th plot may be the love-Soapy was moved by anthem from the church, this individual decided to certainly be a new man. The last story is the mystery and denouement Soapy was captured with a policeman and he was tried for three a few months on the Island. It is also the orgasm of the whole story. When Soapy performed various bad things to be put into jail the policeman ignored. However when Soapy was tremendously moved by anthem and determined to begin a new lifestyle a cop captured him for being negligence. He was tried for three several weeks in penitentiary. From these types of simple plots containing in the concordance in the hero readers can feeling the solid sarcastic atmosphere. The jail became a fantastic place even though the hell took on be a heaven. Evil conducts were given lax treatment as the good and honest had been panelized. This kind of were the so-called democracy freedom and happiness. Why there can be such things? From the régularité of the cop we may find the answer.

be paid quietly minus uproar to |policeman |.

came up running around around the corner, a | policeman | in the lead.

The | cop | h mind rejected to accept Soapy even as a clue.

The | policeman | saw a guy halfway down the block running to

A | policeman | who also stood ahead of a drug store two doors apart l

the window a large | policeman | of severe demeanor leaned against a normal water plug.

Soapy saw the | cop | was watching him fixedly.

The | policeman | was still seeking.

Soapy walked beyond the | cop | get over with gloom.

another | cop | lounging grandly before a theater he

The | policeman | twirled his club, flipped his to Soapy

Would never a | cop | put hands on him?

Very well, why dont you phone a | policeman |?

The | policeman | viewed the two strangely enough.

The | policeman | rushed to assist a tall blonde in an

He viewed quickly around into the wide face of the | policeman |.

Then arrive, said the | policeman |.

This cha?ne shows the policeman seemed to be not only forget of work but also a full deceive. He converted a sightless eye towards the real troublemaker. Though he lounged almost everywhere he was still pretentious with severe and gland demeanor. And he was not hesitating to capture a great innocent person. From the picture of this cop readers is able to see through the fact of the cop who is believed to maintain the civilization of the contemporary society as well as the essence of the alleged democracy inside the capitalist contemporary society.

In the above concordance concerning Soapy and the policeman O. Henry reveals the plots plus the characters’ actions clearly and vividly. Visitors can have an understanding of the excellent information of the and building plots. Nevertheless, through the concordance we can see the characters are developed vividly and fully too. O. Henry portrays not only these characters behavior and actions although also their particular internal mind and their speaking manner. This can be a concordance of Soapy’ way of speaking.

| said | Soapy, certainly not without whining, but friendly

walking to her part, raised his hat and | said |: My oh my there, Bedelia!

My own umbrella, this individual | said |, sternly.

I am hoping youll Certainly its my very own, | explained | Soapy, viciously.

Nothin, | said | Soapy.

In this cha?ne from Soapy’ speaking way readers can easily sense his state of mind explicitly. He was therefore eager to be placed into prison. Yet that seemed to be ideal far away. As a result Soapy was quite peeved. Thus he might speak sternly or cruely or not really without sarcasm but friendly.

When Soapy determined to start a brand new life the change in his mind is shown in the concordance:

| This individual | might pull him self out of the mi

pull him self out of the observe, | he | tends to make a man of himself once again, make a male of himself again, | he | would overcome the evil that acquired

There was time, | he | was comparatively young however: he was fairly young however: | he | could resurrect his old keen

Down the road | he | would venture into the roaring downtown

| This individual | could find him to-morrow and inquire

| He | would be someone in the world.

| This individual | would Soapy sensed a hands laid about

Through this concordance in the several “would following “he readers may possibly feel Soapy’ strong perseverance to make a gentleman of him self. This conversely strengthens the ironic inference of the account.

O. Holly also uses adverbs to characterize the characters. This is the list of adverbs of this account.

his table in Madison Square, Soapy moved | uneasily |.

with their husbands, and once Soapy techniques | uneasily | in the bench in the park, you might know capital t

And so he moved | uneasily | in the bench.

So the Tropical isle loomed big and | timely | in Soapys mind.

ough conducted by guidelines, does not meddle | unduly | using a gentlemans private affairs.

The pleasantest was to dine | extravagantly | at some expensive restaurant, and then

ter declaring Insolvency, be handed over | quietly | and without upheaval to a cop.

inquired the police officer, | excitedly |.

said Soapy, not devoid of sarcasm, but | friendly |, together greets chance.

| Neatly | upon his left hearing on the callous pavemen

s time the opportunity presented what he | fatuously | termed to himself a piece of cake.

tanding before a show window gazing with | sprightly | interest at its display of shaving

ghs and hems, smiled, smirked and went | brazenly | through the impudent and contemptible li

saw the fact that policeman was watching him | fixedly |.

Soapy used, | boldly | moving to her side, raised his hat and

ut to propel a little finger and Soapy would be | practically | en route intended for his insular haven.

Sure, Mike, she Stated, | joyfully |, in the event youll strike me into a pail of suds.

omen in furs and men in greatcoats moved | gaily | inside the wintry air.

this individual came upon one more policeman lounging | grandly | in front of a transplendent theatre

re he caught at the immediate hay of | disorderly | conduct.

d the umbrella and sauntered away with it | gradually |.

The man in the cigar lumination followed | hastily |.

My own umbrella, this individual said, | sternly |.

The policeman looked at the two | curiously |.

ll Of course its mine, stated Soapy, | viciously |.

He hurled the umbrella | wrathfully | into an excavation.

But on an | abnormally | calm corner Soapy came to a standstill.

people were handful of, sparrows twittered | sleepily | inside the eaves&emdash, for a little

And also in a moment his heart responded | thrillingly | to the novel

There was period, he was | comparatively | young yet: he would restore his older ea

He appeared | quickly | about into the wide

The majority of the adverbs that refer to Soapy are obviously negative and remain thus throughout the tale: uneasily, brazenly, boldly, disorderly, sternly, viciously, wrathfully. They all reflect Soapy’s annoying state of mind of not being able to be placed into prison. But in order to boost the ironic impact O. Henry mostly uses positive words such as well-timed, luxuriously, silently, excitedly, sprightly, joyfully, gaily, grandly to change other characters. These two categories of words really are a striking contrast between the poor’s and the rich’s life.

Besides the previously mentioned concordance which in turn exhibit the plots as well as the characters a few nouns’ cha?ne are which means as well, which usually enhance the story’s ironic relevance greatly. Here is the concordance of bench:

On his | along with | in Madison Square, Soapy shifted uneasily.

and when Soapy moves uneasily on his | bench | in the area, you may know that winter And so he relocated uneasily on his | along with |.

D repulse the chilly as he used his | bench | near the spurring fountain

Soapy kept his | bench | and wandered out of the rectangular and

survives even if the home is actually a park | bench |.

We come across bench was Soapy’s residence before winter season. Yet when winter arrived he experienced uneasy on his bench. Therefore he left his counter and tried to find a new “home. This really is a extreme satire for the so-called pleasure? freedom and democracy with the capitalized culture. We may presume if Soapy was not also poor to obtain a house he may not have attempted to break legislation to find jail as his home. This concrete term is used effectively, which is a great accusation from the society.

The concordance from the word tropical isle is very that means as well.

Three months on the | Island | was what his heart and soul craved.

for his annual hegira to the | Island |.

Hence the | Area | loomed big and timely in Soapys head.

Soapy, having decided to go for the | Tropical isle |, at once set about completing his

It seemed that his route to the coveted | Island | was not being an epicurean one.

The | Island | seemed very far away.

In his fancy the | Island | seemed a great unattainable Arcadia. Three months within the | Area |, stated the Justice of the peace in

When counter can not be Soapy’s warm property in winter island(in Soapy’s brain it refers to prison) became what his soul craved. Soapy, having decided to go for the island, at once set about complete his desire. After he did a thing evil the policeman did not send him to in which he wanted Soapy even sensed the island looked like an unachievable Arcadia. But just once Soapy chose to abandon this island then to be his winter home the Magistrate in the Law enforcement Court reported he would always be three months on st. kitts. This is actually an urgent decision about Soapy along with readers. When ever readers have to admire Um. Henry’ outstanding writing approach they may sigh for Soapy’ tragic lives at the same time.

A few readers may well ask: so why Soapy did not accept the government’s wellbeing donate? Another concordance of charity might tell us the response:

orned the conditions made in the name of | charity | to get the citys dependents.

one of Soapys proud heart the products of | charity | are encumbered. As Caesar had his Brutus, every single bed of | charitable organisation | should have its toll of a bath, every loaf

In this cha?ne it seems Soapy was very pleased and scorned the procedures because the circumstances of acknowledging it was strict and the applicants human right was occupied. Thus it can be understandable pertaining to Soapy to refuse the gifts of charity.

To sum up analysis based upon concordancing our company is given fundamental insights in the structure of O. Henry’ The Policeman and The Anthem. From the above concordancing we can grasp the plots? the characters as well as the writing design of this history easily and clearly.

It’s just under the alleged capitalist democracy that Soapy attempted to search for his exceptional happiness via prison. He did so many evil points yet not any policeman dispatched him to prison. Only when he was moved simply by an anthem and decided to start a fresh life he was captured by a policeman and tried for three months captivity in prison. Either within the plots and also the characterization or the writing style O. Henry may be rated as a very good piece of work. During the course of analyzing the concordancing on this story we are providing a motivation for studying and increasing language awareness and improving linguistic and stylistic and literary competence and ” learners can use materials as a way of increasing their knowledge of English as well as to enjoy books as to delight in literature in English in its own proper. ( Tribble/Jones 1990: 78)

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Concordancing in Stylistics Teaching by Bernhard Kettemann

Concordancing in The Cop as well as the Anthem

Term: Yang Jianmei

Major: Literary works

Subject: A

Tutor: Dr . Li Wenzhong

Time: 2001. 1 . 14

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