Figure 1
Democracy (demokratia) and people’s power (kansanvalta) in Finnish parliamentary debates, four-year moving average, 1907–2018.
Table 1
The top 20 words and hand-picked words that appear more frequently near demokratia than kansanvalta in the Finnish parliamentary debates, 1980–2018. The size of the window is one sentence to the left and right of the sentences that include the search term.7
| WORD | TRANSLATION | RANK | ABS. FREQ. | KEYNESS VALUE | RATIO OF REL. FREQ. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| demokratia | democracy | 1 | 10,337 | 3195.5 | 8.0 |
| ihmisoikeus | human right | 2 | 809 | 171.9 | 4.5 |
| eurooppa | Europe | 3 | 706 | 99.9 | 3.0 |
| neuvosto | council | 4 | 323 | 95.6 | 7.7 |
| länsimainen | western | 5 | 230 | 74.0 | 9.4 |
| venäjä | Russia | 6 | 177 | 62.9 | 12.7 |
| edustuksellinen | representative | 7 | 661 | 33.7 | 1.8 |
| siellä | there | 8 | 237 | 31.3 | 2.8 |
| oikeusvaltioperiaate | rule of law | 9 | 111 | 29.8 | 6.4 |
| kansainvälinen | international | 10 | 196 | 29.4 | 3.1 |
| maa | country, land | 11 | 696 | 29.1 | 1.7 |
| edistää | to advance, to promote | 12 | 411 | 25.0 | 1.9 |
| afganistan | Afghanistan | 13 | 58 | 22.1 | 16.6 |
| parlamentaarinen | parliamentary | 14 | 268 | 22.1 | 2.1 |
| jäsenmaa | member country | 15 | 106 | 22.0 | 4.3 |
| myöskin | also | 16 | 389 | 21.3 | 1.8 |
| maailma | world | 17 | 158 | 20.9 | 2.8 |
| läntinen | western | 18 | 55 | 20.7 | 15.8 |
| kansalaisyhteiskunta | civil society | 19 | 95 | 20.4 | 4.5 |
| korruptio | corruption | 20 | 40 | 20.2 | 22.9 |
| kehitys | progress, development | 26 | 276 | 18.2 | 1.9 |
| puute | lack, shortage | 27 | 66 | 17.6 | 6.3 |
| kehittyä | to progress, to develop | 32 | 143 | 16.4 | 2.6 |
| toimia | to act | 38 | 851 | 14.3 | 1.3 |
| juurruttaa | to implant | 120 | 14 | 7.1 | 8.0 |
Table 2
The top 20 words and hand-picked words that appear more frequently in close proximity to kansanvalta than to demokratia; same window size.
| WORD | TRANSLATION | RANK | ABS. FREQ. | KEYNESS VALUE | RATIO OF REL. FREQ. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansanvalta | people’s power | 1 | 3,070 | 7193.3 | 29.2 |
| eduskunta | parliament | 2 | 431 | 232.8 | 2.8 |
| smp | Finnish Rural Party | 3 | 62 | 163.4 | 72.0 |
| presidentti | president | 4 | 100 | 63.5 | 3.1 |
| rappeuttaa | to corrupt, to degenerate | 6 | 19 | 57.0 | 132.5 |
| kansa | the people, nation | 7 | 185 | 54.2 | 2.0 |
| valta | power | 8 | 139 | 52.5 | 2.3 |
| puolue | party | 9 | 148 | 46.5 | 2.1 |
| terve | healthy | 10 | 44 | 44.8 | 4.8 |
| hallitusmuoto | form of government | 11 | 40 | 44.7 | 5.4 |
| todellinen | real | 12 | 92 | 39.5 | 2.4 |
| vaalitapa | electoral system | 13 | 23 | 37.7 | 10.0 |
| rahavalta | plutocracy, power of money | 14 | 16 | 36.5 | 27.9 |
| budjettivalta | budgetary authority | 15 | 24 | 35.9 | 8.4 |
| perustuslaki | constitution | 16 | 85 | 33.2 | 2.3 |
| milj | million | 17 | 11 | 33.0 | 76.7 |
| puoluevalta | party hegemony, party power | 18 | 13 | 32.3 | 45.3 |
| valitsijamies | elector | 20 | 9 | 27.0 | 62.7 |
| häväistä | to degrade, to disgrace | 24 | 8 | 24.0 | 55.8 |
| murtaa | to break | 35 | 13 | 18.4 | 7.6 |
| halventaa | to degrade, to defame | 44 | 20 | 16.6 | 3.9 |
| kaventaa | to narrow | 46 | 44 | 15.4 | 2.2 |
| rehellinen | honest | 49 | 15 | 15.2 | 4.8 |
| hauta | grave | 52 | 5 | 15.0 | 34.9 |
| kuopata | to bury | 54 | 5 | 15.0 | 34.9 |
| totuus | truth | 66 | 16 | 12.7 | 3.7 |
| hajottaa | to break, to dissolve | 70 | 7 | 12.5 | 12.2 |
| halveksinta | contempt | 75 | 4 | 12.0 | 27.9 |
| halveksia | to scorn, to despise | 90 | 16 | 10.9 | 3.3 |
| kotimainen | domestic | 97 | 7 | 10.3 | 8.1 |
| rappio | decay, corruption | 98 | 7 | 10.3 | 8.1 |