Using Corpus Analysis software to analyze specialized texts

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🌐What is Corpus?

A corpus is a collection of naturally-occurring texts in a computer-readable format which can be retrieved and analyzed using corpus analysis software.

🌍Sources of language corpora

- the British National Corpus (BNC)

- http://www.arts.chula.ac.th

- Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)

🌎Sources of specialized texts.

↪ Printed materials software
↪ Word document texts
↪ CD-ROMs
↪ Texts on the Web
↪ Online databases

😕Getting started with Antconc.

Download the latest version of Antconc.
1. Run the program.
2. Open Files (browse and select targeted files) or Open Dir (to select targeted folder).
3. Choose the function.
4. Clear All Tools and Files before selecting opening new files.
5. Save Output to Texts File to save output e.g. concordance lines.

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