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READING CONCORDANCES
This book is by John Sinclair, published in September 2003 by Longman. It is a book of tasks that introduce the user to simple and reliable ways of extracting information about language from a corpus. The tasks all concern current English, and are presented in a detailed, step-by-step format, with a discursive Key to each task that gives guidance on how it can be done.
The data in the book is contained in 43 files, mostly in KWIC concordance format. The files are printed in the book, and the web page that follows offers an electronic version of them that is much more flexible, and allows you to examine the files from various perspectives, to sort the lines and omit some when they become irrelevant to the argument.
We hope that using this facility will enhance your appreciation of the book and its purpose.
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This web page contains the datafiles that are printed in the book 'Reading Concordances'. This electronic version allows you to study them independently of their position in the book, and with the associated software to process them in various ways.
The files are given as plain text files, and they are not intended to be used in that format. They have to be reformatted by one of the several available concordancing packages, and we recommend that you use ConcApp, implemented by Chris Greaves, which is available free of charge. You can download ConcApp from its official website: www.edict.com.hk.
The procedure we recommend is as follows:
1. Download ConcApp
2 Download one of the files below
(a) click on the link using the right mouse button
(b) move the cursor down to 'Save Target As'
(c) follow the instructions that appear
3. Open your file in ConcApp in the normal way (click on "file" and then "open")
4. Make a concordance using "search" and the keyword of the file.
5 Use the facilities of ConcApp to edit, sort and process the concordance.
I am grateful to Chris Greaves for allowing his excellent software to be associated with this service.
Level 1
Task 1 How meanings are shown 3
Theme: meaning distinction
Word/phrase: block
Datafile:
01_block.txt
Task 2 Underlying regularity 9
Theme: regularity and variation
Word/phrase: gamut
Datafiles:
02_gamut1.txt
02_gamut2.txt
Task 3 Words as liabilities 17
Theme: semantic prosody
Word/phrase: regime
Datafiles:
03_regime.txt
03_regime_colls.txt
Task 4 Literal and metaphorical 23
Theme: meaning in phrases
Word/phrase: free hand
Datafile:
04_freehand.txt
Task 5 Meaning focus 31
Theme: co-selection
Word/phrase: physical
Datafile:
05_physical1.txt
05_physical2.txt
05_personal.txt
Level 2
Task 6 Specialised meaning 43
Theme: lexical item
Word/phrase: brook
Datafile:
06_brook.txt
Task 7 Subtle distinctions 51
Theme: meaning in phrases
Word/phrase: best thing
Datafile:
07_bestthing.txt
Task 8 Meaning flavour 57
Theme: co-selection
Word/phrase: incur
Datafile:
08_incur.txt
Task 9 Extensions of grammar 63
Theme: grammar and lexis
Word/phrase: borders on
Datafile:
09_rich.txt
09_halt.txt
09_borderson.txt
09_lemma.txt
Task 10 Meaning and cotext 73
Theme: meaning in proximity
Word/phrase: lap
Datafiles:
10_lap.txt
10_lastlap.txt
Level 3
Task 11 Words difficult to define 83
Theme: lexical item
Word/phrase: budge
Datafile:
11_budge.txt
Task 12 Ad hoc meaning 91
Theme: meaning in proximity
Word/phrase: veritable
Datafiles:
12_veritable1.txt
12_veritable_colls.txt
12_veritable2.txt
12_veritable3.txt
Task 13 Grammatical frames 105
Theme: regularity and variation
Word/phrase: about as
Datafiles:
13_asas.txt
13_aboutasas.txt
13_aboutasusefulas.txt
Task 14 Hidden meanings 117
Theme: semantic prosody
Word/phrase: happen
Datafiles:
14_happen.txt
14_happento.txt
14_happentobe.txt
Level 4
Task 15 Closely related meanings 129
Theme: meaning distinction
Word/phrase: manage
Datafiles:
15_manage1.txt
15_manageit.txt
15_manage2.txt
Task 16 One and one is not exactly two 141
Theme: lexical item
Word/phrase: true feelings
Datafiles:
16_truefeelings1.txt
16_truefeelings2.txt
Task 17 Common words 153
Theme: meaning in phrases
Word/phrase: place
Datafiles:
17_place1.txt
17_place2.txt
17_place3.txt
17_tomyplace.txt
17_theplace.txt
Task 18 Singular and plural 167
Theme: grammar and lexis
Word/phrase: eye/clock
Datafiles:
18_clock_colls.txt
18_clocks_colls.txt
18_eye_colls.txt
18_eyes_colls.txt
http://www.pearson.ch/HigherEducati...cs/1469/058229214X/ReadingConcordancesAn.aspx
READING CONCORDANCES
This book is by John Sinclair, published in September 2003 by Longman. It is a book of tasks that introduce the user to simple and reliable ways of extracting information about language from a corpus. The tasks all concern current English, and are presented in a detailed, step-by-step format, with a discursive Key to each task that gives guidance on how it can be done.
The data in the book is contained in 43 files, mostly in KWIC concordance format. The files are printed in the book, and the web page that follows offers an electronic version of them that is much more flexible, and allows you to examine the files from various perspectives, to sort the lines and omit some when they become irrelevant to the argument.
We hope that using this facility will enhance your appreciation of the book and its purpose.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
This web page contains the datafiles that are printed in the book 'Reading Concordances'. This electronic version allows you to study them independently of their position in the book, and with the associated software to process them in various ways.
The files are given as plain text files, and they are not intended to be used in that format. They have to be reformatted by one of the several available concordancing packages, and we recommend that you use ConcApp, implemented by Chris Greaves, which is available free of charge. You can download ConcApp from its official website: www.edict.com.hk.
The procedure we recommend is as follows:
1. Download ConcApp
2 Download one of the files below
(a) click on the link using the right mouse button
(b) move the cursor down to 'Save Target As'
(c) follow the instructions that appear
3. Open your file in ConcApp in the normal way (click on "file" and then "open")
4. Make a concordance using "search" and the keyword of the file.
5 Use the facilities of ConcApp to edit, sort and process the concordance.
I am grateful to Chris Greaves for allowing his excellent software to be associated with this service.
Level 1
Task 1 How meanings are shown 3
Theme: meaning distinction
Word/phrase: block
Datafile:
01_block.txt
Task 2 Underlying regularity 9
Theme: regularity and variation
Word/phrase: gamut
Datafiles:
02_gamut1.txt
02_gamut2.txt
Task 3 Words as liabilities 17
Theme: semantic prosody
Word/phrase: regime
Datafiles:
03_regime.txt
03_regime_colls.txt
Task 4 Literal and metaphorical 23
Theme: meaning in phrases
Word/phrase: free hand
Datafile:
04_freehand.txt
Task 5 Meaning focus 31
Theme: co-selection
Word/phrase: physical
Datafile:
05_physical1.txt
05_physical2.txt
05_personal.txt
Level 2
Task 6 Specialised meaning 43
Theme: lexical item
Word/phrase: brook
Datafile:
06_brook.txt
Task 7 Subtle distinctions 51
Theme: meaning in phrases
Word/phrase: best thing
Datafile:
07_bestthing.txt
Task 8 Meaning flavour 57
Theme: co-selection
Word/phrase: incur
Datafile:
08_incur.txt
Task 9 Extensions of grammar 63
Theme: grammar and lexis
Word/phrase: borders on
Datafile:
09_rich.txt
09_halt.txt
09_borderson.txt
09_lemma.txt
Task 10 Meaning and cotext 73
Theme: meaning in proximity
Word/phrase: lap
Datafiles:
10_lap.txt
10_lastlap.txt
Level 3
Task 11 Words difficult to define 83
Theme: lexical item
Word/phrase: budge
Datafile:
11_budge.txt
Task 12 Ad hoc meaning 91
Theme: meaning in proximity
Word/phrase: veritable
Datafiles:
12_veritable1.txt
12_veritable_colls.txt
12_veritable2.txt
12_veritable3.txt
Task 13 Grammatical frames 105
Theme: regularity and variation
Word/phrase: about as
Datafiles:
13_asas.txt
13_aboutasas.txt
13_aboutasusefulas.txt
Task 14 Hidden meanings 117
Theme: semantic prosody
Word/phrase: happen
Datafiles:
14_happen.txt
14_happento.txt
14_happentobe.txt
Level 4
Task 15 Closely related meanings 129
Theme: meaning distinction
Word/phrase: manage
Datafiles:
15_manage1.txt
15_manageit.txt
15_manage2.txt
Task 16 One and one is not exactly two 141
Theme: lexical item
Word/phrase: true feelings
Datafiles:
16_truefeelings1.txt
16_truefeelings2.txt
Task 17 Common words 153
Theme: meaning in phrases
Word/phrase: place
Datafiles:
17_place1.txt
17_place2.txt
17_place3.txt
17_tomyplace.txt
17_theplace.txt
Task 18 Singular and plural 167
Theme: grammar and lexis
Word/phrase: eye/clock
Datafiles:
18_clock_colls.txt
18_clocks_colls.txt
18_eye_colls.txt
18_eyes_colls.txt
http://www.pearson.ch/HigherEducati...cs/1469/058229214X/ReadingConcordancesAn.aspx