COMPOSITION OF THE HECTOR CORPUS


All numbers are "words" as counted by wc(1).  For background and
philosophy, see, eg, BNC web pages or handbook.

 2013758 written.published.books.fiction
 3193748 written.published.books.non-fiction
  316470 written.published.miscellaneous
  195195 written.published.periodicals.journals
  975660 written.published.periodicals.magazines
10704481 written.published.periodicals.newspapers
    4951 written.to-be-spoken
   58386 written.unpublished
--------
17462649 written

  236844 spoken.complex.news
  129492 spoken.discussion.distanced
   94343 spoken.discussion.face-to-face.structured.broadcast-discussion
   14432 spoken.discussion.face-to-face.structured.classroom
   12195 spoken.discussion.face-to-face.structured.interview
   42812 spoken.discussion.face-to-face.structured.meeting
   15246 spoken.discussion.face-to-face.unstructured
    6167 spoken.monologue.formal-lecture
    5983 spoken.monologue.unscripted-speech
--------
  557514 spoken

total: 18020163


Complete breakdown:
 
2013758 written.published.books.fiction
       33176 2Women
       92426 3Times
       36035 AdMole
       68160 AmongW
       40645 Apart7
       61199 BestMn
       59910 BillyB
       40769 Bourne
       76132 ColdHb
       35287 Daddie
      162204 Darkns
       44350 EmprAm
       31374 Franki
       76027 GntLad
       53860 HideSk
       62445 Lantrn
       72650 LyingT
       49314 Maggie
       40802 MindBd
      108735 NiceWk
       37280 Planet
      200126 Prince
       35305 Remain
       34199 RmTemp
       33010 Sharpe
       26820 ShockW
       35967 SmkDot
       24718 Sympos
      114804 ThBell
       93874 ThFolk
       94299 WPoisn
       37856 WingBd
32834 written.published.books.non-fiction.academic-thesis
        Prostn
112462 written.published.books.non-fiction.autobiography
       Forsey
478983 written.published.books.non-fiction.biography
      126514 CLewis
       68888 DBowie
       55534 EdThom
       37515 KylieM
       33967 Lautrc
       53523 Nichsn
       46870 Theatr
       35131 WYeats
       21041 WfOwen
1105880 written.published.books.non-fiction.general
       32065 Africa
       22419 Archit
       29375 BSport
       32825 BodyCk
       65493 Buildg
       63225 Cinema
       31942 CldWar
       36254 Delics
       47978 Fiftie
       33411 GetSlm
       28673 GoodFd
       45476 GreekT
       32768 HowILk
       38215 Karajn
       61340 LogDes
       65311 Nation
        6795 NewKid
       64681 NewTec
       41568 OldAge
       38830 STTrav
       13015 Skinhd
       39638 Smiths
       50844 ThOpen
       47943 Thatch
       44864 TreatR
       90932 Volcan
15919 written.published.books.non-fiction.official-reports
        LangEd
1252786 written.published.books.non-fiction.reference
       38990 Anthrp
       43252 AsianW
       38173 DWorld
       61414 Empiri
      204605 EngHis
       37917 GreenP
       53944 HighPl
       40560 Hitler
       36166 Horses
       36147 Impact
       86552 MISyst
      155742 MorFre
       43963 NatLib
       46924 Railwy
       48875 RcIslm
       35264 School
       59343 SigHop
       42404 SlfGen
      103246 TFlood
       39305 Warnck
194884 written.published.books.non-fiction.textbook
       46876 EngLaw
       47658 SexDis
       31667 Smallh
       68683 TortPr
27694 written.published.miscellaneous.advertisement
        Advert
140741 written.published.miscellaneous.brochure
        4861 Finlet
      135880 Travel
148035 written.published.miscellaneous.leaflets
       12374 Charit
       22842 Church
       12892 Estate
        9968 Finlef
       28995 MidBnk
       26151 NCTnws
       34813 OffLft
195195 written.published.periodicals.journals
       44733 Manage
       70174 Marxsm
       53070 NewSci
       27218 RIBAJn
975660 written.published.periodicals.magazines
       27468 Angler
       66219 Autocr
       35832 BestMg
       78742 CLivng
       20885 Cloths
      117268 Econom
       82587 FaceMg
       33940 Flying
       16834 Footbl
       28823 GolfMg
       60190 Harper
       24883 Militr
       20346 NTMagz
       69862 OxfTod
       33694 Parent
       31175 Runnig
      104112 SheMag
       43132 Sounds
       33628 SpareR
       46040 YachtW
10704481 written.published.periodicals.newspapers
       84452 FinTim
     1976361 Guardn
     6744408 Indept
     1899260 OxNews
4951 written.to-be-spoken
        4951 AldLec
23672 written.unpublished.memos
       23672 OUPLet
34714 written.unpublished.other
       34714 Contrc
236844 spoken.complex.news
       53296 Centrl
      163488 FoxRep
       20060 ITNnws
129492 spoken.discussion.distanced
      129492 BHeine
94343 spoken.discussion.face-to-face.structured.broadcast-discussion
       45782 Action
        2194 EMusic
        2635 EurArt
        3813 SEAint
       39919 TlkSpo
14432 spoken.discussion.face-to-face.structured.classroom
        2677 SEAtlk
       11755 TelTng
12195 spoken.discussion.face-to-face.structured.interview
       12195 Interv
42812 spoken.discussion.face-to-face.structured.meeting
       22531 Councl
        8225 Meetng
       12056 OCCEnv
15246 spoken.discussion.face-to-face.unstructured
       15246 RBlack
6167 spoken.monologue.formal-lecture
        6167 CivWar
5983 spoken.monologue.unscripted-speech
        5983 Lndrmy