Appendix

Summary

This appendix lists the CONCE corpus source texts, and the text-level codes used in the corpus. The information draws on appendices 1 and 2 in Smitterberg (2005). More detailed information on the source texts will be provided in the forthcoming manual to the CONCE corpus.

In the list of source texts, the entries are sorted first according to period and secondly according to genre (in alphabetical order). All word counts given were obtained using the computer program Hcount.

List of source texts

Period 1 (1800–1830)

Debates

1. The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803 to the Present Time: Forming a Continuation of the Work Entitled ‘The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803.’ Vol. XV. Word count: 19,908.

Drama

1. Holcroft, T. The Vindictive Man. Word count: 13,639.

2. Morton, T. The School of Reform; or, How to Rule a Husband. Word count: 8,829.

3. Poole, J. Lodgings for Single Gentlemen. Word count: 8,843.

Fiction

1. Austen, J. Emma. Word count: 9,975.

2. Hook, T. E. Maxwell. Word count: 22,077.

3. Shelley, M. W. The Last Man. Word count: 9,980.

History

1. Hallam, H. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. Word count: 10,142.

2. Lingard, J. A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII. Word count: 10,373.

3. Milman, H. H. The History of the Jews. Word count: 10,389.

Letters

1. Austen = Jane Austen: Selected Letters 1796–1817 (ed. R. W. Chapman). Word count: 10,321.