Corpus Analytics Tools



Geographical Analysis


This map contains all of the place names found in the depositions for the counties of Longford and Westmeath for which a location could be found. The locations shown refer to the centres of the towns, townlands, parishes or baronies respectively which may not be the exact location referred to in the text. References to counties are not shown on this map.


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Linguistic Analysis


Use Voyeur Tools to explore the entire Depositions corpus.


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Use an interactive Word Tree visualisation to explore the content of each of the Deposition collections, and discover all the different contexts in which the word or phrase appears.


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Use an interactive Phrase Net to investigate the relationships between the words and concepts used in each of the Deposition collections.


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Use an interactive Tag Cloud to see how frequently different words appear in each of the Deposition collections


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Historical Linguistic Analysis


This interactive timeline displays the most significant developments in the English language during the Early Modern Period. You can move the timeline by dragging or scrolling. The upper timeline provides a detailed view of events, and the lower timeline allows you to move through time more rapidly.


Click here for more information about the SIMILE Timeline widget.

This interactive timeline displays the contents of the 1641 Depositions corpus by date. It provides an excellent perspective on the way in which depositions were taken at different times during the 1640s and 50s. You can move the timeline by dragging or scrolling. The upper timeline provides a detailed view of events, and the lower timeline allows you to move through time more rapidly. Clicking on individual items will pop up more information about that item, and provide a link that will allow you to view its contents.


NOTE: Due to the large amount of data contained in the timeline, and to certain limitations of the SIMILE Timeline widget, this timeline can take some time to load. If you are using Internet Explorer, the timeline may not display properly. Chrome, Firebird or Safari deal more robustly with this display.


Click here for more information about the SIMILE Timeline widget.