Hi Tim,
I don't know of any software that does what you describe. I know of software that can calculate # of words per T-unit, etc. but only AFTER someone marks the T-units. But it's entirely likely that software has become smarter since I last investigated.
About 6 years ago, I purchased a software package called Code-A-Text to do this sort of task. (http://www.code-a-text.co.uk/index.htm) It worked ok, was not entirely user-friendly, was cheaper than others (at the time about $200 compared to $900 for more expensive programs).
Here are a couple of pages seem to provide useful info on such software:
http://www.textanalysis.info/
http://www.eval.org/EvaluationLinks/QDA.htm
Please let us know which package you select!
Beth
Beth Rapp Young
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University of Central Florida
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Yes, I will. I'm also going to check the Linguist List archives.
Tim
Tim Hadley
Research Assistant, The Graduate School
Ph.D. candidate, Technical Communication and Rhetoric
Texas Tech University
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Hadley, Tim wrote:
ATEG Colleagues,
I need to find some text analysis software that will read a piece of
text (say, a 2,000-word essay) and perform some relatively simple
textual analysis such as words per T-units, words per clause, and
clauses per T-unit, as well as perhaps a few others. I know such
software exists, and some in relatively inexpensive versions. So I am
hoping someone on this list will be familiar with it and can save me
hours of searching Google.
Thanks,
Tim
Tim Hadley
Research Assistant, The Graduate School
Ph.D. candidate, Technical Communication and Rhetoric
Texas Tech University
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Tim,
When and if you find it, please let me know.
Marshall Myers
Eastern Kentucky University
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