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Language usage chart

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Language usage chart
Charts the usage of certain phrases over time on historical and contemporary sources.
Visual types
Level of expertise
Source:
Strange Weather project (Non-Commercial Research)
http://www.strangeweatherproject.net/
Interactive features
User can choose time to display data for, and select a single phrase to show data for it.
Benefits & pitfalls to avoid
  • Line-charts imply that data is continuously changing. If your data is discrete you might consider a bar-chart instead.
Create your own
  • Animations can be created in a range of standard data applications such as Excel, with the output saved for each different time-point, and an image editor or language such as Adobe Flash used to splice them into an animation. Online tools include Google Motion Charts.
  • Area charts can be created in a range of standard data applications such as Excel.