SI13/LIQUID/MANIFESTO/nltk-similar-words-Copy1.ipynb

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https://www.nltk.org/book/ch01.html#searching-text

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import nltk

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txt = open('manifesto.txt').read()

Tokens¶

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tokens = nltk.word_tokenize(txt)
print(tokens)

['_MANIFESTO', 'LIQUID', 'LIFE', 'IS', 'AN', 'UNCERTAIN', 'REALM', '.', 'THE', 'CONCEPTS', 'NEEDED', 'TO', 'REALISE', 'ITS', 'POTENTIAL', 'HAVE', 'NOT', 'YET', 'EXISTED', 'UNTIL', 'NOW', '.', 'THE', 'HYPERCOMPLEXITY', 'AND', 'HYPEROBJECT-NESS', 'OF', 'LIQUID', 'TERRAINS', 'EXCEEDS', 'OUR', 'ABILITY', 'TO', 'OBSERVE', 'OR', 'COMPREHEND', 'THEM', 'IN', 'THEIR', 'TOTALITY', '.', 'INDEED', ',', 'WHAT', 'WE', 'TYPICALLY', 'RECOGNISE', 'AS', 'LIVING', 'THINGS', 'ARE', 'BY-PRODUCTS', 'OF', 'LIQUID', 'PROCESSES', '.', 'LIQUID', 'LIFE', 'IS', 'A', 'WORLDVIEW', '.', 'A', 'PHANTASMAGORIA', 'OF', 'EFFECTS', ',', 'DISOBEDIENT', 'SUBSTANCES', ',', 'EVASIVE', 'STRATEGIES', ',', 'DALLIANCES', ',', 'SKIRMISHES', ',', 'FLIRTATIONS', ',', 'ADDICTIONS', ',', 'QUANTUM', 'PHENOMENA', ',', 'UNEXPECTED', 'TWISTS', ',', 'SUDDEN', 'TURNS', ',', 'FURTIVE', 'EXCHANGES', ',', 'SLY', 'MANOEUVRES', ',', 'BLIND', 'ALLEYS', ',', 'AND', 'EXUBERANT', 'DIGRESSIONS', '.', 'IT', 'CAN', 'NOT', 'BE', 'REDUCED', 'INTO', 'SIMPLE', 'CIPHERS', 'OF', 'PROCESS', ',', 'SUBSTANCE', ',', 'METHOD', ',', 'OR', 'TECHNOLOGY', '.', 'IT', 'IS', 'MORE', 'THAN', 'A', 'SET', 'OF', 'PARTICULAR', 'MATERIALS', 'THAT', 'COMPRISE', 'A', 'RECOGNIZABLE', 'BODY', '.', 'IT', 'IS', 'MORE', 'THAN', 'VITAL', 'PROCESSES', 'THAT', 'ARE', 'SHAPED', 'ACCORDING', 'TO', 'SPECIFIC', 'CONTEXTS', 'AND', 'SUBJECTIVE', 'ENCOUNTERS', '.', 'YET', 'WE', 'RECOGNISE', 'ITS', 'COHERENCE', 'THROUGH', 'THE', 'LIVES', 'OF', '‘', 'BEINGS', '’', ',', 'WHICH', 'REMAIN', 'COGENT', 'DESPITE', 'INCALCULABLE', 'PERSISTENT', 'CHANGES', 'SUCH', 'AS', 'FLOWS', ',', 'AMBIGUITIES', ',', 'TRANSITIONAL', 'STATES', 'AND', 'TIPPING', 'POINTS', 'THAT', 'BRING', 'ABOUT', 'RADICAL', 'TRANSFORMATION', 'WITHIN', 'PHYSICAL', 'SYSTEMS', '.', 'LIQUID', 'LIFE', 'IS', 'A', 'KIND', 'OF', '‘', 'METABOLIC', 'WEATHER', '’', '.', 'IT', 'IS', 'A', 'DYNAMIC', 'SUBSTRATE', '-', 'OR', 'HYPERBODY', '-', 'THAT', 'PERMEATES', 'THE', 'ATMOSPHERE', ',', 'LIQUID', 'ENVIRONMENTS', ',', 'SOILS', 'AND', 'EARTH', '’', 'S', 'CRUST', '.', '‘', 'METABOLIC', 'WEATHER', '’', 'REFERS', 'TO', 'COMPLEX', 'PHYSICAL', ',', 'CHEMICAL', 'AND', 'EVEN', 'BIOLOGICAL', 'OUTCOMES', 'THAT', 'ARE', 'PROVOKED', 'WHEN', 'FIELDS', 'OF', 'MATTER', 'AT', 'THE', 'EDGE', 'OF', 'CHAOS', 'COLLIDE', '.', 'IT', 'IS', 'A', 'VECTOR', 'OF', 'INFECTION', ',', 'AN', 'EXPRESSION', 'OF', 'RECALCITRANT', 'MATERIALITY', 'AND', 'A', 'PRINCIPLE', 'OF', 'ECOPOIESIS', ',', 'WHICH', 'UNDERPINS', 'THE', 'PROCESS', 'OF', 'LIVING', ',', 'LIFELIKE', 'EVENTS', '–', 'AND', 'EVEN', 'LIFE', 'ITSELF', '.', 'THESE', 'LIFE', 'FORMS', 'ARISE', 'FROM', 'ENERGY', 'GRADIENTS', ',', 'DENSITY', 'CURRENTS', ',', 'KATABATIC', 'FLOWS', ',', 'WHIRLWINDS', ',', 'DUST', 'CLOUDS', ',', 'POLLUTION', 'AND', 'THE', 'MYRIAD', 'EXPRESSIONS', 'OF', 'MATTER', 'THAT', 'DETAIL', 'OUR', '(', 'EARTHY', ',', 'LIQUID', ',', 'GASEOUS', ')', 'TERRAINS', '.', 'LIQUID', 'LIFE', 'IS', 'IMMORTAL', '.', 'ARISING', 'FROM', 'OUR', 'UNIQUE', 'PLANETARY', 'CONDITIONS', ',', 'ITS', 'INGREDIENTS', 'ARE', 'CONTINUALLY', 'RE-INCORPORATED', 'INTO', 'ACTIVE', 'METABOLIC', 'WEBS', 'THROUGH', 'CYCLES', 'OF', 'LIFE', 'AND', 'DEATH', '.', 'MOST', 'DECEASED', 'LIQUID', 'MATTER', 'LIES', 'QUIESCENT', ',', 'PATIENTLY', 'WAITING', 'FOR', 'ITS', 'REANIMATION', 'THROUGH', 'THE', 'PERSISTENT', 'METABOLISMS', 'WITHIN', 'OUR', 'SOILS', '.', 'LIQUID', 'LIFE', 'EXCEEDS', 'RHETORIC', '.', 'ITS', 'CONCEPTS', 'CAN', 'BE', 'EMBODIED', 'AND', 'EXPERIMENTALLY', 'TESTED', 'USING', 'A', 'TRANS-DISCIPLINARY', 'APPROACH', ',', 'WHICH', 'DRAWS', 'UPON', 'A', 'RANGE', 'OF', 'CONCEPTUAL', 'LENSES', 'AND', 'TECHNIQUES', 'TO', 'INVOLVE', 'THE', 'LIQUID', 'REALM', 'WITH', 'ITS', 'OWN', '‘', 'VOICE', '’', '.', 'FROM', 'THESE', 'PERSPECTIVES', 'LIQUID', 'TECHNOLOGIES', 'EMERGE', 'THAT', 'ARE', 'CAPABLE', 'OF', 'GENERATING', 'NEW', 'KINDS', 'OF', 'ARTEFACTS', ',', 'LIKE', 'BÜTSCHLI', 'DROPLETS', ',', 'WHICH', 'ARE', 'LIQUID', 'CHEMICAL', 'ASSEMBLAGES', 'CAPABLE', 'OF', 'SURPRISINGLY', 'LIFELIKE', 'BEHAVIOURS', '.', 'THESE', 'AGENTS', 'EXCEED', 'RHETORIC', ',', 'AS', 'THEY', 'POSSESS', 'THEIR', 'OWN', 'AGENCY', ',', 'SEMIOTICS', ',', 'AND', 'CHOREOGRAPHIC', 'IMPULSES', ',', 'WHICH', 'ALLOW', 'US', 'TO', 'VALUE', 'AND', 'ENGAGE', 'IN', 'DISCOURSE', 'WITH', 'THEM', 'ON', 'THEIR', 'TERMS', '.', 'THE', 'DIFFICULTY', 'AND', 'SLIPPAGES', 'IN', 'MEANING', 'AND', 'VOLITION', 'BETWEEN', 'PARTICIPATING', 'BODIES', 'CREATES', 'THE', 'POSSIBILITY', 'OF', 'EN', 'EVOLVING', 'POLY-VOCAL', 'DIALECTICS', '.', 'LIQUID', 'LIFE', 'PROVOKES', 'AN', 'EXPANDED', 'NOTION', 'OF', 'CONSCIOUSNESS', '.', 'ITS', '‘', 'THINKING', '’', 'IS', 'A', 'MOLECULAR', 'SEA', 'OF', 'POSSIBILITIES', 'THAT', 'RESIST', 'THE', 'RAPID', 'DECAY', 'TOWARDS', 'THERMODYNAMIC', 'EQUILIBRIUM', '.', 'IN', 'THESE', 'VITAL', 'MOMENTS', 'IT', 'INDULGES', 'EVERY', 'POSSIBLE', 'TACTIC', 'TO', 'PERSIST', ',', 'ACQUIRING', 'A', 'RICH', 'PALETTE', 'OF', 'NATURAL', 'RESOURCES', ',', 'FOOD', 'SOURCES', ',', 'WASTE', 'MATERIALS', ',', 'AND', 'ENERGY', 'FIELDS', '.', 'THESE', 'MATERIAL', 'ALLIANCES', 'NECESSITATE', 'DECISIONS', 'THAT', 'DO', 'NOT', 'REQUIRE', 'A', 'COORDINATING', 'CENTRE', ',', 'LIKE', 'THE', 'BRAIN', '.', 'LIQUID', 'ARE', 'NON-BODIES', '.', 'THEY', 'ARE', 'WITHOUT', 'FORMAL', 'BOUNDARIES', 'AND', 'ARE', 'CONSTANTLY', 'CHANGING', '.', 'LIQUID', 'BODIES', 'ARE', 'PARADOXICAL', 'STRUCTURES', 'THAT', 'POSSESS', 'THEIR', 'OWN', 'LOGIC', '.', 'ALTHOUGH', 'CLASSICAL', 'LAWS', 'MAY', 'APPROXIMATE', 'THEIR', 'BEHAVIOUR', ',', 'THEY', 'CAN', 'NOT', 'PREDICT', 'THEM', '.', 'THEY', 'ARE', 'TANGIBLE', 'EXPRESSIONS', 'OF', 'NONLINEAR', 'MATERIAL', 'SYSTEMS', ',', 'WHICH', 'EXIST', 'OUTSIDE', 'OF', 'THE', 'CURRENT', 'FRAMES', 'OF', 'REFERENCE', 'THAT', 'OUR', 'GLOBAL', 'INDUSTRIAL', 'CULTURE', 'IS', 'STEEPED', 'IN', '.', 'ASPECTS', 'OF', 'THEIR', 'EXISTENCE', 'STRAY', 'INTO', 'THE', 'UNCONVENTIONAL', 'AND', 'LIMINAL', 'REALMS', 'OF', 'AURAS', ',', 'QUANTUM', 'PHYSICS', ',', 'AND', 'ECTOPLASMS', '.', 'IN', 'THESE', 'REALMS', 'THEY', 'CAN', 'NOT', 'BE', 'APPRECIATED', 'BY', 'OBJECTIVE', 'MEASUREMENT', 'AND', 'INVITE', 'SUBJECTIVE', 'ENGAGEMENT', ',', 'LIKE', 'POETIC', 'TRYSTS', '.', 'THEIR', 'DIVERSIONARY', 'TACTICS', 'GIVE', 'RISE', 'TO', 'THE', 'VERY', 'ACTS', 'OF', 'LIFE', ',', 'SUCH', 'AS', 'THE', 'CAPACITY', 'TO', 'HEAL', ',', 'ADAPT', ',', 'SELF-REPAIR', ',', 'AND', 'EMPATHIZE', '.', 'LIQUID', 'BODIES', 'ARE', 'PLURI-PONTENT', '.', 'THEY', 'ARE', 'CAPABLE', 'OF', 'MANY', 'ACTS', 'OF', 'TRANSFORMATION', '.', 'THEY', 'DE-SIMPLIFY', 'THE', 'MATTER', 'OF', 'BEING', 'A', 'BODY', 'THROUGH', 'THEIR', 'VISCERAL', 'ENTANGLEMENTS', '.', 'WHILE', 'THE', 'BÊTE', 'MACHINE', 'DEPENDS', 'ON', 'AN', 'ABSTRACTED', 'UNDERSTANDING', 'OF', 'ANATOMY', 'FOUNDED', 'UPON', 'GENERALIZATIONS', 'AND', 'IDEALS', ',', 'LIQUID', 'BODIES', 'RESIST', 'THESE', 'TROPES', '.', 'LIQUID', 'BODIES', 'DISCUSS', 'A', 'MODE', 'OF', 'EXISTENCE', 'THAT', 'IS', 'CONSTANTLY', 'CHANGING', '–', 'NOT', 'AS', 'THE', 'CUMULATIVE', 'OUTCOMES', 'OF', '‘', 'ERROR', '’', '–', 'BUT', 'AS', 'A', 'HIGHLY', 'CHOREOGRAPHED', 'AND', 'CONTINUOUS', 'SPECTRUM', 'STREAM', 'OF', 'EVENTS', 'THAT', 'ARISE', 'FROM', 'THE', 'PHYSICAL', 'INTERACTIONS', 'OF', 'MATTER', '.', 'THEY', 'INTERNALIZE', 'OTHER', 'BODIES', 'AS', 'MANIFOLDS', 'WITHIN', 'THEIR', 'SUBSTANCE', 'AND', 'ASSERT', 'THEIR', 'IDENTITY', 'THROUGH', 'THEIR', 'ENVIRONMENTAL', 'CONTEXTS', '.', 'SUCH', 'ENTANGLEMENTS', 'INVOKE', 'MARGINAL', 'RELATIONS', 'BETWEEN', 'MULTIPLE', 'AGENCIES', 'AND', 'EXCEED', 'THE', 'CLASSICAL', 'LOGIC', 'OF', 'OBJECTS', '.', 'THEY', 'ARE', 'INSEPARABLE', 'FROM', 'THEIR', 'CONTEXT', 'AND', 'OFFER', 'WAYS', 'OF', 'THINKING', 'AND', 'EXPERIMENTING', 'WITH', 'THE', 'CONVENTIONS', 'OF', 'MAKING', 'AND', 'BEING', 'EMBODIED', '.', 'LIQUID', 'BODIES', 'INVITE', 'US', 'TO', 'ARTICULATE', 'THE', 'FUZZINESS', ',', 'PARADOXES', 'AND', 'UNCERTAINTIES', 'OF', 'THE', 'LIVING', 'REALM', '.', 'THEY', 'ARE', 'STILL', 'INSTANTLY', 'RECOGNIZABLE', 'AND', 'CAN', 'BE', 'NAMED', 'AS', 'TORNADO', ',', 'CIRRUS', ',', 'SOIL', ',', 'EMBRYO', ',', 'OR', 'BIOFILM', '.', 'THESE', 'CONTRADICTIONS', '–', 'OF', 'FORM', 'AND', 'CONSTANCY', '–', 'ENCOURAGE', 'ALTERNATIVE', 'READINGS', 'OF', 'HOW', 'WE', 'ORDER', 'AND', 'SORT', 'THE', 'WORLD', ',', 'WHOSE', 'MAIN', 'METHODOLOGY', 'IS', 'THROUGH', 'RELATING', 'ONE', 'BODY', 'TO', 'ANOTHER', '.', 'INDEED', ',', 'PROTEAN', 'LIQUID', 'BODIES', 'HELP', 'US', 'UNDERSTAND', 'THAT', 'WHILE', 'UNIVERSALISMS', ',', 'AVERAGES', 'AND', 'GENERALIZATIONS', 'ARE', 'USEFUL', 'IN', 'PRODUCING', 'MAPS', 'OF', 'OUR', 'BEING', 'IN', 'THE', 'WORLD', ',', 'THEY', 'NEGLECT', 'SPECIFIC', 'DETAILS', ',', 'WHICH', '‘', 'BRING', 'FORTH', '’', 'THE', 'MATERIALITY', 'OF', 'THE', 'ENVIRONMENT', '.', 'LIQUID', 'BODIES', 'ARE', 'POLITICAL', 'AGENTS', '.', 'THEY', 'RE-DEFINE', 'THE', 'BOUNDARIES', 'AND', 'CONDITIONS', 'FOR', 'EXISTENCE', 'IN', 'THE', 'CONTEXT', 'OF', 'DYNAMIC', ',', 'UNRULY', 'ENVIRONMENTS', '.', 'THEY', 'PROPOSE', 'ALTERNATIVE', 'MODES', 'OF', 'LIVING', 'THAT', 'ARE', 'RADICALLY', 'TRANSFORMED', ',', 'MONSTROUS', ',', 'COHERENT', ',', 'RAW', '–', 'AND', 'SELECTIVELY', 'PERMEATED', 'BY', 'THEIR', 'NURTURING', 'MEDIA', '.', 'LIQUID', 'BODIES', 'INVITE', 'US', 'TO', 'UNDERSTAND', 'OUR', 'BEING', 'BEYOND', 'RELATIONAL', 'THINKING', 'AND', 'INVENT', 'MONSTERS', 'THAT', 'DEFY', 'ALL', 'EXISTING', 'FORMS', 'OF', 'CATEGORIZATION', 'TO', 'MAKE', 'POSSIBLE', 'A', 'NEW', 'KIND', 'OF', 'CORPOREALITY', '.', 'THEY', 'ARE', 'WHAT', 'REMAIN', 'WHEN', 'MECHANICAL', 'EXPLANATIONS', 'CAN', 'NO', 'LONGER', 'ACCOUNT', 'FOR', 'THE', 'EXPERIENCES', 'THAT', 'WE', 'RECOGNISE', 'AS', '‘', 'BEING', 'ALIVE.', '’', '“', 'LIQUID', 'LIFE', 'ARISES', 'FROM', 'OUT', 'OF', 'A', 'SOUP', ',', 'SMOG', ',', 'A', 'SCAB', ',', 'FIRE', '–', 'WHERE', 'THE', 'INCANDESCENT', 'HEAVENS', 'RAIN', 'MOLTEN', 'ROCK', 'AND', 'ALKALI', 'MEETS', 'OIL', '–', 'A', 'CHOREOGRAPHY', 'OF', 'PRIMORDIAL', 'METABOLIC', 'FLAMES', '.', 'AMIDST', 'THE', 'REDUCING', 'ATMOSPHERE', 'OF', 'CHOKING', 'TOXIC', 'GASES', ',', 'ITS', 'COMING-INTO-BEING', 'DRAWS', 'MOMENTARILY', 'INTO', 'FOCUS', 'AND', 'RECEDES', 'AGAIN', '.', 'THE', 'UNFATHOMABLE', 'DARKNESS', 'OF', 'THE', 'HADEAN', 'EPOCH', 'IS', 'REINCARNATED', 'HERE', '.', 'IT', 'IS', 'DRENCHED', 'IN', 'THICK', 'GAS', 'CLOUDS', ',', 'UNWEATHERED', 'DUSTS', ',', 'AND', 'PUNGENT', 'VAPOURS', ',', 'WHICH', 'OBFUSCATE', 'THE', 'LIGHT', '.', 'THE', 'INSULATING', 'BLANKET', 'OF', 'GASEOUS', 'POISONS', 'PROTECTS', 'THE', 'LAND', 'AGAINST', 'THE', 'CRUEL', 'STARE', 'OF', 'ULTRAVIOLET', 'RAYS', 'AND', 'IONIZING', 'SPACE', 'RADIATION', ',', 'WHICH', 'SPITE', 'THE', 'EARTH', '’', 'S', 'SURFACE', '.', 'OUT', 'OF', 'THESE', 'VOLATILE', 'CAUSTIC', 'BODIES', ',', 'A', 'SUCCESSION', 'OF', 'CHEMICAL', 'GHOSTS', 'HAUNTS', 'THE', 'HEAVY', 'ATMOSPHERE', '.', 'HERE', ',', 'IMAGINARY', 'FIGURES', ',', 'LIKE', 'THOSE', 'THAT', 'APPEAR', 'IN', 'A', 'FEVERED', 'CONDITION', ',', 'SPLIT', 'FAINT', 'LIGHT', 'AROUND', '.', 'THEY', 'WANDER', 'AMONG', 'THE', 'AURAS', 'OF', 'TURBULENT', 'INTERFACES', 'AND', 'THICKENING', 'DENSITIES', 'OF', 'MATTER', ',', 'SCUM', 'AND', 'CRUST', '.', 'OVER', 'THE', 'COURSE', 'OF', 'HALF', 'A', 'BILLION', 'YEARS', ',', 'SUDDEN', 'ECTOPLASMS', 'SPEW', 'IN', 'SUCCESSIVE', 'ACTS', 'OVER', 'THE', 'DARKENED', 'THEATRE', 'OF', 'THE', 'PLANET', '.', 'CHARGED', 'SKIES', ',', 'ENLIVENED', 'BY', 'THE', 'IONIC', 'ELECTRICITY', 'OF', 'FLUIDS', 'AND', 'PERIODICALLY', 'LIT', 'WITH', 'PHOTON', 'CUTS', ',', 'STRIKE', 'BLOWS', 'INTO', 'THE', 'GROUND', 'TO', 'BEGIN', 'THE', 'PROCESS', 'OF', 'CHEMICAL', 'EVOLUTION', '.', 'DANCING', 'UNDER', 'IONIC', 'WINDS', 'ELECTRIC', 'STORMS', 'SCRATCH', 'AT', 'THE', 'EARTH', 'AND', 'CHARGED', 'TENDRILS', 'OF', 'MATTER', 'STAND', 'ON', 'THEIR', 'END', '.', 'VULGAR', 'IN', 'ITS', 'BECOMING', ',', 'THE', 'BLUBBER', 'SLOBBERS', 'ON', 'BIOMASS', 'WITH', 'CARBOHYDRATE', 'TEETH', ',', 'DROOLING', 'ENZYMES', 'THAT', 'DIGEST', 'NOTHING', 'BUT', 'ITS', 'OWN', 'BITE', '.', 'ENERGETICALLY', 'INCONTINENT', ',', 'IT', 'ACQUIRES', 'A', 'COLD', 'METABOLISM', 'AND', 'A', 'WATERY', 'HEART', '.', 'EXPANDING', 'AND', 'CONTACTING', ',', 'IT', 'STARTS', 'TO', 'PUMP', 'UNIVERSAL', 'SOLVENT', 'THROUGH', 'ITS', 'LIQUID', 'EYES', ',', 'LENSING', 'ERRANT', 'LIGHT', 'INTO', 'ITS', 'DARK', 'THOUGHTS', '.', 'MINDLESS', ',', 'YET', 'FINELY', 'TUNED', 'TO', 'ITS', 'CONTEXT', ',', 'IT', 'WRIGGLES', 'UPON', 'TIME', '’', 'S', 'COMPOST', ',', 'CHEWING', 'AND', 'CHEWING', 'WITH', 'ITS', 'BONELESS', 'JAWS', 'ON', 'NOTHING', 'BUT', 'THE', 'AGENTS', 'OF', 'DEATH', '.', 'IN', 'ITS', 'STRUCTURAL', 'DISOBEDIENCE', ',', 'THE', 'MISSHAPEN', 'MASS', 'STEADILY', 'GROWS', 'MORE', 'ORGANIZED', 'AND', 'RELUCTANT', 'TO', 'SUCCUMB', 'TO', 'DECAY', '.', 'PATTERNING', 'THE', 'AIR', ',', 'ITS', 'FINGERS', 'EXTEND', 'LIKE', 'CLAWS', ',', 'OBSTRUCTING', 'ITS', 'PASSAGE', 'BETWEEN', 'THE', 'POLES', 'OF', 'OBLIVION', '.', 'CARESSING', 'ITSELF', 'IN', 'GRATUITOUS', 'ACTS', 'OF', 'PROCREATION', ',', 'THE', 'DAUB', 'OFFERS', 'CONTEMPT', 'FOR', 'THE', 'FORCES', 'OF', 'DISORDER', ',', 'AND', 'CRAWLS', 'STEADILY', 'TOWARDS', 'BEING', '.', '”']

NLTK Text object¶

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text = nltk.Text(tokens)
print(text)

<Text: _MANIFESTO LIQUID LIFE IS AN UNCERTAIN REALM ....>

concordance¶

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# This is what you did with Michael before the break ...
concordance = text.concordance("liquid")

Displaying 25 of 25 matches:
_MANIFESTO LIQUID LIFE IS AN UNCERTAIN REALM . THE CO
RCOMPLEXITY AND HYPEROBJECT-NESS OF LIQUID TERRAINS EXCEEDS OUR ABILITY TO OBS
AS LIVING THINGS ARE BY-PRODUCTS OF LIQUID PROCESSES . LIQUID LIFE IS A WORLDV
E BY-PRODUCTS OF LIQUID PROCESSES . LIQUID LIFE IS A WORLDVIEW . A PHANTASMAGO
FORMATION WITHIN PHYSICAL SYSTEMS . LIQUID LIFE IS A KIND OF ‘ METABOLIC WEATH
Y - THAT PERMEATES THE ATMOSPHERE , LIQUID ENVIRONMENTS , SOILS AND EARTH ’ S 
F MATTER THAT DETAIL OUR ( EARTHY , LIQUID , GASEOUS ) TERRAINS . LIQUID LIFE 
THY , LIQUID , GASEOUS ) TERRAINS . LIQUID LIFE IS IMMORTAL . ARISING FROM OUR
S OF LIFE AND DEATH . MOST DECEASED LIQUID MATTER LIES QUIESCENT , PATIENTLY W
TENT METABOLISMS WITHIN OUR SOILS . LIQUID LIFE EXCEEDS RHETORIC . ITS CONCEPT
ENSES AND TECHNIQUES TO INVOLVE THE LIQUID REALM WITH ITS OWN ‘ VOICE ’ . FROM
‘ VOICE ’ . FROM THESE PERSPECTIVES LIQUID TECHNOLOGIES EMERGE THAT ARE CAPABL
 LIKE BÜTSCHLI DROPLETS , WHICH ARE LIQUID CHEMICAL ASSEMBLAGES CAPABLE OF SUR
EN EVOLVING POLY-VOCAL DIALECTICS . LIQUID LIFE PROVOKES AN EXPANDED NOTION OF
RDINATING CENTRE , LIKE THE BRAIN . LIQUID ARE NON-BODIES . THEY ARE WITHOUT F
ARIES AND ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING . LIQUID BODIES ARE PARADOXICAL STRUCTURES T
APT , SELF-REPAIR , AND EMPATHIZE . LIQUID BODIES ARE PLURI-PONTENT . THEY ARE
D UPON GENERALIZATIONS AND IDEALS , LIQUID BODIES RESIST THESE TROPES . LIQUID
LIQUID BODIES RESIST THESE TROPES . LIQUID BODIES DISCUSS A MODE OF EXISTENCE 
IONS OF MAKING AND BEING EMBODIED . LIQUID BODIES INVITE US TO ARTICULATE THE 
 BODY TO ANOTHER . INDEED , PROTEAN LIQUID BODIES HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT WHIL
HE MATERIALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT . LIQUID BODIES ARE POLITICAL AGENTS . THEY 
ERMEATED BY THEIR NURTURING MEDIA . LIQUID BODIES INVITE US TO UNDERSTAND OUR 
 WE RECOGNISE AS ‘ BEING ALIVE. ’ “ LIQUID LIFE ARISES FROM OUT OF A SOUP , SM
 PUMP UNIVERSAL SOLVENT THROUGH ITS LIQUID EYES , LENSING ERRANT LIGHT INTO IT

similarities¶

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# With a small next step ...
similar = text.similar("liquid")

living

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# And searching for contexts ...
contexts = text.common_contexts(["bodies"])

liquid_are liquid_invite participating_creates liquid_resist
liquid_discuss other_as liquid_help caustic_a

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