[Corpora-List] using Range with BNC

[Nick Mieuli]

Can anybody help me with a project I'm working on for my MA?

I have the Range program which checks how many words in a given text are
covered by the GSL and Academic Word List.  I want to know if it is possible
to run this program on the BNC.  Since Range can only check .txt files, is
there any way to convert the BNC files to this format?  Alternatively, is
there another way I could find how much coverage these lists (or another
word list) give of the BNC?  Or, is anybody familiar with any similar
research?

I would really appreciate any help you can give me.

Thanks,

Nick Mieuli


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Nick Mieuli
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