延のべ語ご数すう

noun

total number of words; total word count

Technical term used in corpus linguistics and text analysis to refer to the total number of word tokens in a text, including repetitions. Contrasts with 異なり語数 (number of distinct word types).

• この文ぶん章しょうの延のべ語ご数すうは500語ごです。

  The total word count of this text is 500 words.

• 延のべ語ご数すうと異ことなり語ご数すうを比ひ較かくすると、語ご彙いの豊ゆたかさがわかる。

  Comparing the total number of words with the number of distinct words reveals the richness of the vocabulary.