E E 3J2 D ata M ining L ecture 3 Z ipf's L aw Stem m ing & Stop L ists

Example: First paragraph from
After
‘Alice in Wonderland’
Before
alic wa begin to get veri tire of
sit by her sister on the bank, and
of have noth to do: onc or twice
she had peep into the book her
sister wa read, but it had no
pictur or convers in it, ‘and what
is the us of a book,’ thought alic
‘without pictur or convers?’
Alice was beginning to get very
tired of sitting by her sister on
the bank, and of having nothing
to do: once or twice she had
peeped into the book her sister
was reading, but it had no
pictures or conversations in it,
‘and what is the use of a
book,‘thought Alice ‘without
pictures or conversation?’
EE3J2 Data Mining 2008 – lecture 3
Slide 28