Python 统计文章单词出现频率

近来学习Python，Python在科学计算中有着较强的优势。练习文章处理的初级代码，共享出来希望高手指点。

任务目标：统计英文文章中出现频率较高的单词，画出频率图并显示频率较高的单词。

基本要求已完成。应改变显示结果的条件，适应长短相差较大的文章。

import pylab
import numpy
import string

def linetoword(line):
    for ch in line:
        if ch not in string.lowercase and ch not in string.uppercase and not ch == ' ':
            line.replace(ch,' ')
    wordlist = line.split(" ")
    newlist = []
    for word in wordlist:
        if len(word)>3:
            word = word.lower()
            newlist.append(word)
    return newlist


def readarticle(title):
    file = open(title,"r")
    wordlist = []
    line = file.readline()

    while not line == "":
        wordlist.extend(linetoword(line))
        line = file.readline()
    file.close()
    return wordlist

wordlist = readarticle("article.txt