Period division
The sections and sub-periods of The Helsinki Corpus
The corpus is divided into three major time periods, each of which is further divided into four (OE and ME) or three (EModE) subdivision.
| OLD ENGLISH |
timeline |
word count |
| I |
–850 |
2190 |
| II |
850–950 |
92,050 |
| III |
950–1050 |
251,630 |
| IV |
1050–1150 |
67,380 |
| MIDDLE ENGLISH |
timeline |
word count |
| I |
1150–1250 |
113,010 |
| II |
1250–1350 |
97,480 |
| III |
1350–1420 |
184,230 |
| IV |
1420–1500 |
213,850 |
| EARLY MODERN ENGLISH |
timeline |
word count |
| I |
1500–1570 |
190,160 |
| II |
1570–1640 |
189,800 |
| III |
1640–1710 |
171,040 |
Detailed information on each subcorpus
With the publisher's kind permission, we include three chapters from Rissanen, Matti - Merja Kytö - Minna Palander (1993), Early English in the computer age: explorations through the Helsinki Corpus. Berlin - New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Minor changes have been made to remove outdated statements.
Old English [Matti Kilpiö, Leena Kahlas-Tarkka and Aune Österman; adapted from Rissanen & al. 1993]
Middle English [Irma Taavitsainen and Päivi Pahta; adapted from Rissanen & al. 1993] – with new introduction for web version by Irma Taavitsainen and Päivi Pahta
Early Modern English [Terttu Nevalainen and Helena Raumolin-Brunberg; adapted from Rissanen & al. 1993]
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