1

In English when I want to see the evolution of the use of a term over time, I can use Google as shown below. Is there any similar website or program for French?

enter image description here

Improve this question
4
  • I don't see any other website than google... Do you know how those plots are done? Which data are collected in order to obtain this, this have my curiousity :)
    – Flugueubluck
    Jul 15, 2014 at 15:34
  • @Flugueubluck I would guess using Google Books data, but that's just a guess!
    – Franck Dernoncourt
    Jul 15, 2014 at 15:35
  • That's really interesting, thank you for sharing this, let me search a little bit in french now !
    – Flugueubluck
    Jul 15, 2014 at 15:38
  • Est-ce que c'est ce genre de graphique dont tu parles ? Clique sur l'image pour aller le voir sur le web.
    – None
    Jul 15, 2014 at 17:51

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
1

I just found it on the Google Books page. Just change "Corpus" and you'll be able to choose the language that you want.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=bonjour&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=19&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cbonjour%3B%2Cc0

Improve this answer
1
  • Oh right, the Ngram Viewer! I totally forgot it gave the history. That's great, thanks!
    – Franck Dernoncourt
    Jul 15, 2014 at 15:44

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge that you have read and understand our privacy policy and code of conduct.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.