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Google's nGram Viewer. Use the links below as starting points; dynamic modifications can be made at any point. Rules for syntax can be found on the About page.

• urban violence - consider adding: domestic violence,riots, riot, unrest, etc.
• graffiti - consider adding: street art, urban art, gang violence, Bloods, Crips, etc.
• computer - broken out by language
• enslaved * (This link will yield an error, but simply click on the blue button marked "search lots of books" and the error will resolve.)
• graffiti - let's start with this, and make it more meaningful
• "Ralph Ellison" and "Invisible Man
• "lyric/lyrics"
• "Jarndyce and Jarndyce" and "Bleak House"
• vacant lot,urban renewal,gentrification

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• monster in fiction/non-fiction/unknown
• mystery (contrast fiction and nonfiction)
• various words for "creole"
• "phonograph" in three languages

Discussion

• How easily can these examples above be refined and improved?
• Compare the two interfaces, especially as to the affordances and the limits of each. 
• What additional elements of control would be useful that aren't available?
• When we see unexpected or entirely expected wave forms, what do we make of these? 
  
  • How much can we read into coorelations?
  • Do these constitute discoveries or represent errors?  How can we distinguish?
  • Would the flaws be due to the data, the metadata, the algorithms?

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