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Each corpus within the RNC has its own Corpus Portrait. The Corpus Portrait functionality is designed as a tool that allows a RNC user to analyze the characteristics of a given corpus and assess whether the corpus in question is suitable for their research or teaching needs. The corpus portrait at this stage includes:

* a description of the corpus

* frequency dictionary (only in the Regional Media Corpus)  

All the RNC corpora have tags on a meta-corpus level, allowing to categorize them by historical period, text type, presence of specific annotation, etc. 

If a subcorpus has been customized, users also have access to the respective "Subcorpus Portrait" function. With this tool, by clicking the (i) link in the header of the corpus, one can see the list of selected texts and compare the statistical characteristics of the corpus to the respective parameters of the customized subcorpus. For example, one can compare the frequency dictionary of the regional corpus to those of subcorpora selected within it.

In 2023, more statistics will appear in the Corpus and Subcorpus Portraits.