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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Tally of the Graphemes
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 04:51:23 -0400 (EDT)
Tally of the Graphemes Each word of the text "Virtual, not Real" remained indecipherable; how could it be otherwise? But the tablet itself presented a wealth of information, as indicated by a further tabulation based on instances and statistics. While the skein of meaning - if there is such - may be permanently lost, the interstices of the skein are visible as words and other markings (and which are words and which are other markings?) are tallied, placed within a raster of sorts. It has to be acknowledged that the constitution of a grapheme itself is dubious; first, how does one sign become differentiated from another, and second (related), how does a part of one sign differentiate itself? And both part and sign are taken for granted as well above the noise-level of the tablet - in other words, if 'v' is an element (as perhaps it may be), one has to recognize the dis- tinction between 'v' and 'u' (based on the _integration_ of the 'curve of "v"'), and 'v' and 'w' (based on, not only duplication, but _duplication_ within a single instantiation - otherwise one might have, for example, 'rewing the engine' in equivalent relation to 'revving the engine,' which it, most likely, is not in any spoken or written language to our knowledge). So what does the following list tell us? That the origin of _this_ system of signifiers and components (however the nomenclature) is clearly devised as operative within a statistical regime - which is nothing more than a mapping from the (presumed) semantics of the original tablet to a simpler, easier to understand semantics, based on a fundamental rearrangement, even reorganization - which nonetheless remains true to the original in all senses of the word, since nothing but meaningless order is lost in the fray. Word Frequency % - 6 0.64 " 4 0.43 ( 8 0.86 ) 8 0.86 , 100 10.71 . 19 2.03 : 3 0.32 ; 17 1.82 ? 3 0.32 _this_ 1 0.11 a 9 0.96 ability 1 0.11 abjection 2 0.21 acceptable 1 0.11 across 1 0.11 action 1 0.11 adhere 1 0.11 adheres 1 0.11 against 2 0.21 all 4 0.43 already 4 0.43 also 1 0.11 always 1 0.11 among 4 0.43 an 10 1.07 and 17 1.82 another 1 0.11 any 1 0.11 aporia 1 0.11 apparent 1 0.11 appearance 1 0.11 appears 1 0.11 applica- 1 0.11 apporaches 1 0.11 are 1 0.11 Aristotelian 1 0.11 as 11 1.18 association 1 0.11 at 2 0.21 attempt 1 0.11 autobiography 1 0.11 avatar 3 0.32 avatars 1 0.11 away 1 0.11 bad 1 0.11 behind 1 0.11 being 1 0.11 between 4 0.43 beyond 2 0.21 bodies 1 0.11 body 3 0.32 body-speech 1 0.11 both 2 0.21 boundary 2 0.21 breakdown 3 0.32 breaks 1 0.11 but 5 0.54 by 5 0.54 can 1 0.11 can't 1 0.11 carries 1 0.11 case 1 0.11 characters 1 0.11 clarified 1 0.11 clarify 1 0.11 classical 1 0.11 clear 1 0.11 close 1 0.11 closely 1 0.11 closer 1 0.11 code 1 0.11 comfort 1 0.11 commanding 1 0.11 compresses 2 0.21 confuses 2 0.21 considering 1 0.11 considers 1 0.11 constantly 1 0.11 constituation 1 0.11 constitutes 1 0.11 construct 1 0.11 contains 2 0.21 contortions 1 0.11 contradiction 1 0.11 corruption 1 0.11 cough 1 0.11 course 1 0.11 crude 1 0.11 day 1 0.11 death 3 0.32 defend 1 0.11 dem- 1 0.11 demonstrate 5 0.54 dependent 1 0.11 described 1 0.11 description 1 0.11 desired 1 0.11 desiring 1 0.11 determines 1 0.11 different- 1 0.11 direction 2 0.21 dis 2 0.21 discussed 1 0.11 discussion 2 0.21 dis-embody 1 0.11 distance 1 0.11 distribution 1 0.11 down 1 0.11 dream 1 0.11 elementary 2 0.21 embedded 1 0.11 empathetic 1 0.11 ends 1 0.11 endured 1 0.11 epistemological 2 0.21 events 1 0.11 every 2 0.21 everyday 1 0.11 everyone 1 0.11 everything 1 0.11 examined 1 0.11 except 1 0.11 exhausting 1 0.11 existence 2 0.21 exterior 1 0.11 external 1 0.11 eyes 2 0.21 facade 1 0.11 fall 1 0.11 false 1 0.11 falsely-recursive 1 0.11 favor 1 0.11 fictional 1 0.11 first 2 0.21 fits 1 0.11 fitts 1 0.11 food 1 0.11 for 2 0.21 foregrounded 1 0.11 form 1 0.11 founded 1 0.11 freeze 1 0.11 from 1 0.11 fulfill 1 0.11 fundamental 1 0.11 futile 1 0.11 game 1 0.11 game-space 1 0.11 gestural 1 0.11 ghost 4 0.43 ghost- 1 0.11 ghost-epistemologies 1 0.11 ghost-organs 1 0.11 glance 1 0.11 go 1 0.11 good 1 0.11 hallucinatory 1 0.11 has 1 0.11 have 1 0.11 history 1 0.11 holarchy 1 0.11 holds 2 0.21 hole 1 0.11 hungry 4 0.43 I 5 0.54 iated 1 0.11 if 2 0.21 implies 2 0.21 important 1 0.11 in 19 2.03 indexical 1 0.11 ineluctable 1 0.11 inhabitation 1 0.11 inhabited 1 0.11 inherent 1 0.11 intermediary 1 0.11 internal 1 0.11 is 29 3.10 isn't 2 0.21 it 6 0.64 its 3 0.32 it's 1 0.11 itself 4 0.43 just 1 0.11 knowledge 1 0.11 labors 2 0.21 law 1 0.11 leads 1 0.11 least 1 0.11 level 1 0.11 levels 1 0.11 lieu 1 0.11 life 1 0.11 like 2 0.21 likely 1 0.11 logic 3 0.32 loss 1 0.11 madman 1 0.11 Madness 1 0.11 magic 1 0.11 make 1 0.11 mapping 1 0.11 maps 1 0.11 masquerade 1 0.11 material 1 0.11 melds 1 0.11 middle- 1 0.11 middle-zone 1 0.11 might 1 0.11 mirrors 2 0.21 modes 2 0.21 momentary 1 0.11 moments 1 0.11 more 2 0.21 most 1 0.11 movement 1 0.11 myself 3 0.32 need 1 0.11 never 1 0.11 no 3 0.32 non- 1 0.11 none 1 0.11 not 3 0.32 nothing 2 0.21 object 15 1.61 of 32 3.43 on 3 0.32 once 2 0.21 one 8 0.86 oneself 2 0.21 only 1 0.11 onstrate 1 0.11 onto- 1 0.11 ontological 1 0.11 ontology 1 0.11 or 15 1.61 organic 1 0.11 organism 1 0.11 other 2 0.21 others 2 0.21 our 2 0.21 ours 1 0.11 ourselves 1 0.11 out 1 0.11 page 1 0.11 pain 1 0.11 particle 1 0.11 pause 1 0.11 perceptions 1 0.11 performance 1 0.11 phenomenology 1 0.11 place 1 0.11 powerful 1 0.11 presence 1 0.11 prey 1 0.11 prims 1 0.11 problematic 1 0.11 problematized 1 0.11 processes 2 0.21 projection 1 0.11 pronouns 1 0.11 psyhoanalytical 1 0.11 punctuation 1 0.11 quantum 1 0.11 rational 1 0.11 reading 1 0.11 reads 1 0.11 xxxxxxxxxx real 9 0.96 xxxxxxxxxx realize 1 0.11 recognize 1 0.11 recognized 1 0.11 recognizes 1 0.11 recognizing 1 0.11 relationship 1 0.11 repetition 1 0.11 replaced 1 0.11 replete 1 0.11 requires 1 0.11 sacrifice 1 0.11 same 1 0.11 screen 1 0.11 second 1 0.11 seems 1 0.11 self 4 0.43 selves 2 0.21 sense 6 0.64 senseless 1 0.11 sham 1 0.11 shifters 1 0.11 signifier 1 0.11 simple 1 0.11 since 1 0.11 singular 1 0.11 skin 3 0.32 sluice 1 0.11 smear 2 0.21 smeared 1 0.11 smears 1 0.11 so 1 0.11 space 4 0.43 speak 1 0.11 splay 1 0.11 stop 1 0.11 stutter 1 0.11 such 1 0.11 suffering 1 0.11 sutured 1 0.11 symbol 1 0.11 tending 1 0.11 termination 1 0.11 text 2 0.21 than 2 0.21 that 8 0.86 the 58 6.21 theater 1 0.11 theatrical 1 0.11 their 1 0.11 them- 1 0.11 Then 1 0.11 there 3 0.32 there's 1 0.11 thereupon 1 0.11 these 1 0.11 they 1 0.11 things 2 0.21 this 7 0.75 those 2 0.21 through 1 0.11 thus 1 0.11 time 1 0.11 tinge 1 0.11 tion 1 0.11 to 18 1.93 towards 1 0.11 transform 1 0.11 true 1 0.11 Two 2 0.21 undeniable 1 0.11 useless 1 0.11 utterance 1 0.11 very 2 0.21 xxxxxxxxxx virtual 10 1.07 xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx virtual-real 1 0.11 xxxxxxxxxx w 1 0.11 way 3 0.32 We 1 0.11 well 6 0.64 what 4 0.43 whatsoever 1 0.11 which 8 0.86 whole 1 0.11 with 3 0.32 within 6 0.64 words 1 0.11 work 1 0.11 works 1 0.11 world 4 0.43 would 1 0.11 write 2 0.21 writer 1 0.11 writing 4 0.43 x 3 0.32 you 1 0.11 Different words/items counted: 363 Total Words: 771 Total Punctuation: 142 Total Other Text: 1 Total Characters: 4672 Total Paragraphs: 82