kwal query

[Leonid Spektor]

Cathy,

    There are a few of ways to get what you want, but because kwal normally
output the whole tier and not just text selected with +/-s option you need
to be more specific about what exactly you want. Here is a small sample file
that I'll use for the following examples:

@Begin
@Participants:    MOT Kelly Mother, JAM Target_Child
*JAM:    test <english text> [@en] .
*JAM:    <portuguese text> [@pt].
*JAM:    <english> [@en]  <portuguese> [@pt].
*MOT:    mother's text.
*JAM:    Mommy.
@End

If you want ONLY Portuguese  text in your output, then command "kwal +t*jam
+s"<@pt>" test.cha +d3 +d" will produce this result:

>From file <test.cha>
*JAM:    
*JAM:    <portuguese text>
*JAM:    <portuguese>
*JAM:    

If you want the whole tier with ONLY Portuguese text, then command "kwal
+t*jam +s"[@pt]" test.cha +d" will produce this result:

*JAM:    <portuguese text> [@pt] .
*JAM:    <english> [@en] <portuguese> [@pt] .

Leonid.

On 08-09-08 09:03, "Cathy Lonngren" <cathy.lonngren at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Despite lots of attempts and experiments I am having problems getting the
> output I want when using KWAL on my bilingual files. Coded using <....>[@en]
> and <....[@pt] to separate the languages, when I use FREQ to get word lists
> using the following command line I get the output I desire i.e. the program
> performs analysis on only the Portuguese or English material of a particular
> speaker (e.g.JAM):  freq @ +t*JAM +s"<@pt>"  (gives me the Portuguese JAM
> uses) and freq @ +t*JAM +s"<@en>" (gives me the English he uses). These
> results indicate that my codes work. However, when I use KWAL in a similar way
> the program does not give me the lines with just the Portuguese or just the
> English, no matter which of the following command lines I use. With all these
> commands I get the same results (i.e all of JAM's utterances with no selection
> or exclusion being performed):    kwal @ +t*JAM +s"<@pt>"      kwal @ +t*JAM
> +s"<@en>"    kwal @ +t*JAM -s"<@en>"    Kwal @ +t*JAM -s"<@pt>"
>  
> Three years ago I was able to use these commands and get the results I wanted.
> I have the latest version of CLAN installed and am thinking that something
> might have changed but if FREQ can understand my codes why can't KWAL. I hope
> that there is something simple I'm missing so I would appreciate any help.
> I've got an short example file I can send for testing.
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Cathy
>  
> Cathy Lonngren Sampaio
> University of Hertfordshire
> England
> 
> > 
> 


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