Methodology

The methodology distinguishes general phrenological/anatomical search terms from three tiers of specific phrenological terms. Specific phrenological terms are taken from: Spurzheim, Physiognomical System of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim (1815, first and second editions); De Ville, Manual of Phrenology (1828 and 1835); and Combe, Constitution of Man (1828, 1835, 1838, 1847, and 1851).

Tier 0 / general terms

phren-, lump, bump, cranial, cranium, cerebellum, cerebrum, cerebral, skull, faculty, organ, knob, head

Tier 1

Amativeness, Philoprogenitiveness, Alimentiveness, Concentrativeness, Covetiveness, Secretiveness

Tier 2

Inhabitiveness, Adhesiveness, Combativeness, Destructiveness, Constructiveness, Self-Love, Self-Esteem, Ideality, Individuality, Colour, Locality, Time, Number, Tune, Causality, Eventuality, Firmness, Acquisitiveness

Tier 3

Approbation, Cautiousness, Benevolence, Veneration, Hope, Conscientiousness, Form, Size, Weight, Momenta, Space, Order, Language, Comparison, Wit, Imitation, Appetite for Food, Wonder, Truthfulness, Colouring, Marvellousness, Attachment, Justice, Numeration, Melody, Gaiety, Mirthfulness, Resistance, Notoriety, Righteousness, Determinateness

Counting rules

Tier 1 terms count directly.
Tier 2 terms count when capitalized, within three words of another tiered term, or within ten words of a general phrenological/anatomical term.
Tier 3 terms count when capitalized, within three words of another tiered term, or within five words of a general phrenological/anatomical term.
Sentence-initial capitalization alone is not supposed to be probative in the final manually checked analysis.
Common non-phrenological phrases, proper nouns, headings, and editorial apparatus false positives are blocked before counts are summarized.

Current phrase and contextual exclusions

Term	Excluded phrase
time	time to time
time	time after time
time	at that time
time	by this time
time	for some time
time	some time
time	no time
time	same time
time	father time
time	old time
time	flight of time
time	tread of time
time	temples of old time
time	Christmas Time
time	time's up
space	space of time
space	short space of time
space	brief space of time
order	in order to
order	in order that
hope	Cape of Good Hope
hope	Band of Hope
hope	Bands of Hope
hope	Hope and Anchor
hope	Sir Thomas Hope
hope	Sir William Hope
hope	Eltrive Hope
hope	Hope's anchor
hope	Hope's own anchor
hope	figure-head of Hope
hope	Mr Hope
hope	Mrs Hope
hope	Miss Hope
hope	Dr Hope
hope	Doctor Hope
hope	Edward Hope
hope	Hester Hope
hope	I hope
hope	hope not
hope	hope so
hope	hope you
hope	hope that
hope	hope to
wonder	I wonder
wonder	no wonder
wonder	little wonder
wonder	wonder if
wonder	wonder whether
number	number one
number	number two
number	number of
number	a number of
number	any number of
head	shook his head
head	shook her head
head	shake his head
head	shake her head
head	nodded his head
head	nodded her head
head	tossed his head
head	tossed her head
head	head to head
head	head man
head	cold in his head
head	cold in her head
colour	colour up
colour	same colour
colour	colour of
colouring	colouring matter
comparison	in comparison
comparison	in comparison with
comparison	by comparison
comparison	comparison with
weight	weight and size
weight	size and weight
weight	heavy weight
language	language and literature
language	professor of English language
language	professor of French language
language	stratification of language

Proper-noun and work-specific capitalization exclusions

Work	Author	Rule	Reason
All works	All authors	Justice is excluded when its only trigger is capitalization.	Capitalized Justice is treated as a proper noun, title, institution, or personification.
All works	All authors	Number is excluded when its only trigger is capitalization.	Capitalized Number is treated as an address, label, exhibit number, or numbered signifier.
All works	All authors	Order is excluded when its only trigger is capitalization.	Capitalized Order is treated as an institutional, parliamentary, military, or honorific title.
Deerbrook	Harriet Martineau	Hope is excluded when its only trigger is capitalization.	Hope is a character surname in the novel.

Contextual capitalization exclusions

Context	Rule
Headings and contents	Capitalization-only hits are excluded in chapter headings, tables of contents, all-caps headings, and numbered title lines.
Editorial apparatus	Capitalization-only hits are excluded in publisher/editorial contexts such as edited-by lines, professor/university series notes, Project Gutenberg material, and transcriber notes.