Basic structure of PWEC
Kindly see the details in the tables. There are many other information to share but I think the below will be enough to give a kind of idea of the corpus as a whole.
Table 1. The whole corpus.
| Genre |
Period |
Files |
Tokens |
Average token count per file |
Weightage |
| Newspapers and Magazines |
Jan 2020–Feb 2023 |
3177 |
1895329 |
596.578 |
24.984% |
| Dissertations and Articles |
" |
232 |
1896262 |
8173.543 |
24.996% |
| Non-Fiction |
" |
35 |
1897889 |
54225.400 |
25.017% |
| Legal and Official Language |
" |
714 |
1896630 |
2656.344 |
25.001% |
| Total |
|
4158 |
7586110 |
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Table 2. Genre of Newspapers and Magazines.
| Magazine |
Period |
Sections included |
Files |
Tokens |
Average token count per file |
Weightage |
| The Dawn |
Jan 1, 2023, to Feb 28, 2023 |
Business
Editorials
Letters
Opinions
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Sports |
558 |
297252 |
532.709 |
15.683% |
| The News (daily) |
Jan 1, 2023, to Feb 28, 2023 |
Art & Culture
Business
Editorials
Literature
Opinions
Sports |
698 |
355060 |
508.681 |
18.733% |
| The Nation (daily) |
Jan 1, 2023, to Feb 28, 2023 |
Blogs
Business
Editorials
Literature
Opinions
Sports |
675 |
342347 |
507.180 |
18.062% |
| The Frontier Post (daily) |
Jan 1, 2023, to Feb 28, 2023 |
Business
Editorials
Opinions
Sports |
306 |
142613 |
466.055 |
7.524% |
| The Friday Times (weekly) |
Jan 1, 2023, to Feb 28, 2023 |
Opinions
Editorials
Editorial Pick
Feature
People’s Voice |
268 |
190770 |
711.828 |
10.065% |
| The Daily Times (daily) |
Jan 1, 2023, to Feb 28, 2023 |
Art & Culture
Business
Editorials
Perspectives
Sports
Op-Ed |
460 |
311631 |
677.458 |
16.442% |
| Magazines |
Feb 1, 2020, to Feb 20, 2023 |
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Food
Lifestyle
Culture
Fashion
Technology
History
Pol. Issues
Social. Issues |
212 |
255656 |
1205.924 |
13.488% |
| Total |
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3177 |
1895329 |
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Table 3. Genre of Dissertations and Research Articles.
| Name |
Period |
Files |
Tokens |
Average token count per file |
Weightage |
| Dissertations |
Jan 2020–Feb 28, 2023 |
19 |
988236 |
52012 |
52.11% |
| Research Articles |
Jan 2020–Feb 28, 2023 |
213 |
908025 |
4263 |
47.88% |
| Total |
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232 |
1896261 |
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Table 4. Genre of Non-Fiction.
| File name |
Period |
Tokens |
Weightage |
| Non_Fic_1 | 2022 | 38670 | 2.037 |
| Non_Fic_2 | 2021 | 8606 | 0.453 |
| Non_Fic_3 | 2021 | 43055 | 2.268 |
| Non_Fic_4 | 2020 | 60143 | 3.168 |
| Non_Fic_5 | 2020 | 47478 | 2.501 |
| Non_Fic_6 | 2021 | 60527 | 3.189 |
| Non_Fic_7 | 2022 | 60885 | 3.208 |
| Non_Fic_9 | 2020 | 23233 | 1.224 |
| Non_Fic_10 | 2021 | 58979 | 3.107 |
| Non_Fic_11 | 2020 | 59884 | 3.155 |
| Non_Fic_12 | 2020 | 57920 | 3.051 |
| Non_Fic_15 | 2020 | 60502 | 3.187 |
| Non_Fic_16 | 2021 | 60720 | 3.199 |
| Non_Fic_17 | 2021 | 38379 | 2.022 |
| Non_Fic_18 | 2020 | 47390 | 2.286 |
| Non_Fic_23 | 2022 | 60451 | 3.185 |
| Non_Fic_24 | 2021 | 60847 | 3.206 |
| Non_Fic_25 | 2020 | 59596 | 3.140 |
| Non_Fic_26 | 2021 | 60601 | 3.193 |
| Non_Fic_28 | 2020 | 60528 | 3.189 |
| Non_Fic_29 | 2022 | 60340 | 3.179 |
| Non_Fic_30 | 2021 | 57544 | 3.032 |
| Non_Fic_31 | 2020 | 60871 | 3.207 |
| Non_Fic_32 | 2023 | 60658 | 3.196 |
| Non_Fic_33 | 2020 | 60690 | 3.197 |
| Non_Fic_34 | 2022 | 60745 | 3.200 |
| Non_Fic_35 | 2022 | 60612 | 3.193 |
| Non_Fic_36 | 2023 | 60359 | 3.180 |
| Non_Fic_37 | 2021 | 58492 | 3.081 |
| Non_Fic_38 | 2020 | 59099 | 3.113 |
| Non_Fic_39 | 2021 | 60528 | 3.189 |
| Non_Fic_40 | 2021 | 59993 | 3.161 |
| Non_Fic_41 | 2023 | 59854 | 3.153 |
| Non_Fic_42 | 2023 | 31338 | 1.651 |
| Non_Fic_43 | 2022 | 60690 | 3.197 |
| Total | | 1897889 | |
Table 5. Genre of Legal and Official Language.
| Name of institution |
Period |
Files |
Tokens |
Categories |
Average token count per file |
Weightage |
| PARLIAMENT (NA, SNT) | 2020–2023 | 36 | 234649 | Bills, Acts, Ordinances, Reports, Rules of Procedures, Daily Proceedings | 6518 | 12.371 |
| Govt. of Baluchistan | " | 6 | 29780 | Acts | 4963 | 1.570 |
| FBR | " | 65 | 50447 | Proposal, Bills Reports, Notification, Press Releases | 776 | 2.659 |
| FSC | " | 47 | 163487 | Reports, Rules, Appeals, Notices, Notifications, Revisions, Petitions, Circulars, Orders | 3478 | 8.619 |
| HEC | " | 12 | 64899 | Press Releases, Reports, Tender | 5408 | 3.421 |
| IHC | " | 33 | 98363 | Judgments, Judicial policy, Order-Sheets | 2980 | 5.186 |
| IPS | " | 5 | 100256 | Studies, Reports | 20051 | 5.286 |
| SHC | " | 15 | 73659 | Judgements | 4910 | 3.883 |
| PHC | " | 21 | 397040 | Case law, Estacode Judgements | 18906 | 20.933 |
| Govt. of KPK | " | 19 | 58417 | ACTS | 3074 | 3.080 |
| LHC | " | 22 | 56330 | Orders, Judgements, Reports | 2560 | 2.970 |
| MOFA | " | 45 | 34177 | Press Releases | 759 | 1.801 |
| MOIB | " | 165 | 63356 | Press Releases | 383 | 3.340 |
| MOITT | " | 8 | 3131 | Press Releases | 391 | .165 |
| MOLJ | " | 18 | 93127 | Acts, Reports | 5173 | 4.910 |
| MOPND | " | 17 | 9901 | Press Releases | 582 | .522 |
| NAB | " | 135 | 172900 | Reports, Bidding, Press Releases, Review | 1280 | 9.116 |
| Govt. of Punjab | " | 10 | 52942 | Acts | 5294 | 2.791 |
| SCP | " | 2 | 71889 | Case Law, Annual Report | 35944 | 3.790 |
| PEC | " | 1 | 1971 | Price Adjustment | 1971 | .103 |
| SECP | " | 30 | 40827 | Orders, Review, Press Releases, Reports | 1360 | 2.152 |
| FJA | " | 1 | 13058 | Annual Report | 13058 | .688 |
| MOF | " | 1 | 12024 | Press releases | 12024 | .633 |
| Total | | 714 | 1896630 | | | |
Compilation principles
The parameters include:
- Writers who got their education at least up to high school in Pakistan.
- Mostly those who still live in Pakistan.
- It was ensured utmost that the news is national, not international.
- Different sections of newspapers such as editorials, business, sports, opinions, and letters.
- Different sections of magazines such as culinary, food, fashion, lifestyle, entertainment, etc.
- Diversity was ensured by including newspapers from different regions of Pakistan. Dissertations and research articles from different universities and social and natural journals of Pakistan.
- Female writers were included as much as possible.
Genre
Four types of genres:
- Newspapers and Magazines
- Non-Fiction
- Legal and Official Language
- Dissertations and Research Articles
Sociolinguistic coverage
Gender: it was ensured to include female writers as much as possible, especially in newspapers and magazine subcorpus of PWEC.
Diversity was maintained to include newspapers from different regions/provinces of Pakistan. Dissertations and Research Articles from both social and natural sciences were selected from different universities and different social and natural journals in Pakistan. Legal and Official Language included more than 40 government institutions, organizations, and departments. It included more than 40 different categories of documents. Non-Fiction included different fields such as business, politics, economy.
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