Week 5

💋 What is a 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 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 and watch YouTube tutorials from 

  http://www.antlab.sci.waseda.ac.ip/antconc_index.html)

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.

💋 Analyzing Specialized Corpus.

1. Terminologies and collocation

2. Local grammar

3. Style

  Such as personification and use of passive structure etc.

4. Content knowledge

  Such as use of acronyms and use of "know as" and "to be defined as" to clarify terms etc.