Preliminary Recommendations

Text typology

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poetry - + - + - + - +

narrative + + + + + + + + + + +

(auto)biography + + + + + +

novel/short story + + + + + + + +

historical + + + +

sciencefiction + + + -

humour + + + + + + +

theatre/drama + + - - + + + + + - + TOPIC

topic - + + + + + + + + + + + - + +

MEDIUM +

books + + + + + + + + + +

letters/correspondence + + + + + + +

newspapers + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

brochures/leaflets + + + + + + + FICTION/NON-FICTION

fiction + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

non-fiction + + + + + + STYLE

distance + + + + + + + + +

popular/solemn + + + + + + +

specialised/lay + + + + + + + + + + (=technical) OTHERS

handbooks/textbooks + + + + + + + +

translations + - + -

1. Bou Written + Spoken
2. Hoz unspec.
3. Svartik et al. Written + Spoken
4. Juilland et al. Written
5. Kucera et al. Written
6. de Vriendt-de Man Spoken
7. Uit den Bogaart Written + Spoken
8. de Jong Spoken
9. Lara Written + Spoken
10. Allen Written
11. Altenberg Spoken
12. Birmingham Collection of English Texts Written
13. Birmingham Collection of English Texts Spoken
14. Gonzalez et al. Written
15. Staphorsius Written
16. Feldweg Spoken
17. Morales Written
18. Collins et al. Written + Spoken
19. Summers (selective component) Written
20. Crowdy Spoken
21. Bindi et al. Written
22. Martin et al. Written + Spoken
23. Werkgroep Taalbank Written + Spoken
24. Atkins et al. Written + Spoken
25. Biber Written + Spoken
26. Malaga Written
27. Malaga Spoken
28. Bank of English Written and Spoken
29. British National Corpus
30. Survey of English