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Linguistic Analysis of Biblical Vocabulary
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This product facilitates detailed linguistic analysis by providing frequency counts of the most used words found within the English and Russian Bibles. The data allows users to investigate vocabulary patterns, compare the statistical usage of terminology across two major languages, and examine which specific words hold the highest frequency rankings within these foundational religious texts. It addresses questions such as whether high-frequency religious terms like "God" and "Lord" appear in the top three most used words.
Columns
The data is delivered in two separate files:
words_en.csv for the English Bible and words_ru.csv for the Russian Bible.English File (
words_en.csv):- number_of_uses: The total count or amount of times the specified word appears within the English Bible text.
- word: The specific unique word being counted.
- word_type: A designation classifying the word type, utilizing the Penn Treebank part-of-speech standard.
Russian File (
words_ru.csv):- number_of_uses: The count or amount of times the specified word appears within the Russian Bible text.
- word: The specific unique word being counted.
Distribution
The information is delivered in standard CSV format. The English word frequency file (
words_en.csv) has a size of approximately 147.59 kB and contains 9,823 valid records, representing 9,823 unique words. The most frequently occurring word recorded is 'the'. Statistics show the mean usage count is 67.8, with maximum occurrences exceeding 64,000. Data is expected to be updated daily.Usage
This data is highly suitable for academic research into natural language processing and textual analysis. Ideal applications include building frequency dictionaries for comparative linguistics, conducting linguistic studies on religious texts, developing tools for filtering or identifying the most common words in large corpora, and performing statistical analysis on word distribution based on part-of-speech tagging. It is particularly useful for projects requiring foundational data on the structure and vocabulary of the Bible in English and Russian.
Coverage
The data’s scope is tied specifically to the full texts of the English Bible and the Russian Bible. The linguistic coverage spans both the English and Russian languages. While there is no defined time range, the focus is on the textual content itself. The dataset provides detailed part-of-speech categorization for the English words, including 34 unique word types, with 'NN' (Noun, singular or mass) being the most common type at 26% of entries.
License
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Who Can Use It
- Beginner Data Analysts: To practice basic data manipulation, sorting, and frequency analysis on textual data.
- Linguists and Researchers: For advanced comparative studies on vocabulary use across different languages and translations of the same source material.
- Scholars of Religion and History: To explore the underlying structure and word emphasis within the sacred texts.
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- Bible Word Usage Frequency (English & Russian)
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