Many thanks for the suggestions so far-
And forgive the slight digression here. I think I might have had something like Mandala diagrams in mind. I actually remember seeing on some History or Discovery Channel type show a software package used to track phone numbers, etc. for linking criminal syndicates together. The phone numbers were listed around the circumference of a circle and then each number was linked to every other with a line across the circle, and the color of the line indicated the strength of the connection (in number of calls placed or received). It looked like a nifty way to see a variety of relationships within a coherent body of material. I wonder if anything like that is available for analyzing language.
Does anyone have any experience with the software used in the Canterbury Tales Project?
dkline
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