19,53 Office(*0,98) Bus(*3,95) 12,70 Kitchen(*0,98) 9 Bedroom(*0,99) 10,74 Pantry Nursery 7,81 Nursery 1 Bathroom 4,88 Attic Ballroom 4,88 Library(*0,98) 3 Suite(*0,99) 4,88 Lounge(*2,93) Loft 3,91 Garage(*1,95) 6 Porch 2,93 Ballroom(*1,95) Showroom 2,93 Basement Assembly 2,93 Sitting room Conservatory 1,95 Bathroom Parlor 1,95 0,98 Showroom 0,98 Assembly 0,98 Chamber 0,98 Porch(*0,98) 8,90 0,981 Salon(*0,98) 3,95 Cabin 1,98 1,98 1,98 0,99 0,99 0,99 **This result includes every two-word room (for instance sitting room) as well as just the concept ´room´. 3.2. Dichotomous Traits and Characterisation 3.2.1. Miss and Mr: titles used in the corpora A keyword search in both corpora having each other as reference corpus places both ´poirot´ and ´marple´ at the top of the lists. This is not surprising, taking into account that they are the main characters in the novels. However, what is worth considering is their keyness value since the keyness
19,53 12,70 10,74 7,81 4,88 4,88 4,88 3,91 2,93 2,93 2,93 1,95 1,95 0,98 0,98 0,98 0,98 0,981 Office(*0,98) Kitchen(*0,98) Pantry Nursery Attic Library(*0,98) Lounge(*2,93) Garage(*1,95) Ballroom(*1,95) Basement Sitting room Bathroom Showroom Assembly Chamber Porch(*0,98) Salon(*0,98) Cabin 8,90 3,95 1,98 1,98 1,98 0,99 0,99 0,99 Bus(*3,95) Bedroom(*0,99) Nursery Bathroom Ballroom Suite(*0,99) Loft Porch Showroom Assembly Conservatory Parlor **This result includes every two-word room (for instance sitting room) as well as just the concept ´room´. 3.2. Dichotomous Traits and Characterisation 3.2.1. Miss and Mr: titles used in the corpora A keyword search in both corpora having each other as reference corpus places both ´poirot´ and ´marple´ at the top of the lists. This is not surprising, taking into account that they are the main characters in the novels. However, what is worth considering is their keyness value since the keyness 9 1 6 3
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