Word clouds are all the rage at the moment. They are simple visualisation of word frequency in a given sample of text. Wordle.net allows you to create your own. Their most popular current use is to analysis the US presidential debates. This is presumably to replace political commentators.
The above word cloud of Chapter 1 of Capital; one can clearly see Marx's major themes. Which makes you wonder what a word cloud of an interview transcript, an essay, or a journal article might reveal...
If you want to do your own analysis try here.
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