0,98 Cambridge 0,99 Cambridge 0,98 Madrid 0,99 Cardiff 0,98 Seville 0,99 Newport 0,98 Trieste 0,99 Norwich 0,99 Nottingham 0,99 Rome 0,99 Verona 0,99 Wolverhampton The following tables expressed in normalised frequency illustrate the results provided by an examination of the means of transport and travel related vocabulary used both in the corpora in general, and in connection to the detectives in particular. Although both corpora include a vast number of references to the searched items, there is a relevant difference in the number of associations between transportation and Poirot and Miss Marple. This difference agrees with the results discussed regarding cities and countries: as opposed to Miss Marple, Poirot appears to be a man of the world. PC MC Freq Transport Freq Transport 199,25 Train(*37,11) 212,51 Car(*15,81) 103,53 Car(*38,09) 149,25 42,00 Wagon 62,27 Road 42,97 Carriage(*6,84) 43,49 Taxi(*4,94) 13,67 Drive(*0,98) 29,65 Drive(*0,99) 13,67 Journey(*3,91) 19,77 Railway 13,67 Plane(*0,98) 13,84 Plane 12,70 Road(*2,93) 11,86 Travel 11,72 Boat(*0,98) 10,87 Journey(*0,99)
0,98 0,98 0,98 0,98 Cambridge Madrid Seville Trieste 0,99 0,99 0,99 0,99 0,99 0,99 0,99 0,99 Cambridge Cardiff Newport Norwich Nottingham Rome Verona Wolverhampton The following tables expressed in normalised frequency illustrate the results provided by an examination of the means of transport and travel related vocabulary used both in the corpora in general, and in connection to the detectives in particular. Although both corpora include a vast number of references to the searched items, there is a relevant difference in the number of associations between transportation and Poirot and Miss Marple. This difference agrees with the results discussed regarding cities and countries: as opposed to Miss Marple, Poirot appears to be a man of the world. PC MC Freq Transport Freq Transport 199,25 103,53 42,00 42,97 13,67 13,67 13,67 12,70 11,72 Train(*37,11) Car(*38,09) Wagon Carriage(*6,84) Drive(*0,98) Journey(*3,91) Plane(*0,98) Road(*2,93) Boat(*0,98) 212,51 149,25 62,27 43,49 29,65 19,77 13,84 11,86 10,87 Car(*15,81) Road Taxi(*4,94) Drive(*0,99) Railway Plane Travel Journey(*0,99)
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