[Corpora-List] Customisable Concordancer for ESP (Law) Learners?

[Eric Atwell]

Nigel,

Daniel Wiechmann wrote a review of about 10 concordancers in recent issue of
Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory journal, including some 
Open-Source projects which you could build on (to mutual benefit)
e.g. http://freshmeat.net/projects/aconcorde/

Eric Atwell, Leeds University

On Mon, 3 Jul 2006, Daniel Wiechmann wrote:
> There is an overview of current concordancers in the latest issue of
> Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory
> http://www.degruyter.de/rs/384_7546_DEU_h.htm
>
> A couple of programs tested there meet the required criteria.
> (In case you don't have access to this resource, I would be happy to
> provide you with a prefinal draft of this article.)
>
> best,
> Daniel Wiechmann


On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, nigel bruce wrote:

> I am building and refining a corpus and Vocabulary research Tools for an 
> English for Law programme in an ESL-medium university.
> We have a basic set of tools that will concordance & do frequency analysis, 
> differentiating general from academic/legal terms.
> We want to go to the next level and develop a more powerful set of tools - 
> and our students are the researchers targeted to use the tools & database.
>
> I wonder if anyone can recommend a Concordancer that
> 1. is powerful enough to speedily sort a 1 million-word corpus by 3 words to 
> the left or right (our main new requirement)
> 2. allows the user to customise the interface, add features, and 
> select/delete unwanted features
> Expense is not an issue if it can permit the above.  If anyone can propose 
> search functions that they have found especially useful for learners, I'm 
> very interested in hearing new ideas.
>
> I work with ESL Law students and legal corpora - if anyone has experience of 
> using corpora in ESL higher ed., I'd like to exchange ideas and experiences.
>
> Nigel Bruce
>
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