Question about word tokens and new words on CLAN

[Jonathan Udoff]

Could the problem be due to the buffer limit of the output window? Check the
CLAN options to make sure the buffer limit was set to 0 (i.e. unlimited).


On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Leonid Spektor <spektor at andrew.cmu.edu>wrote:

>  Phyllis,
>
>     If the list of words is too long, then this list should be placed into
> a file "file.cut" and then this file should be used with "+s at file.cut"
> option.  If the number of data files listed is too long, then there would be
> only some words missing but not only A-N words. This, of cause, assumes that
> email messages themselves are not just lists of alphabetically ordered
> words.
>
> Thanks,
> Leonid.
>
> On 28-05-09 15:21, "Schneider, Phyllis" <phyllis.schneider at ualberta.ca>
> wrote:
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> Leonid,
>
> Could it be simply that the input from the command is so great that the
> first part is lost due to space limitations?  I have had that happen with
> large data sets, but I don't know whether that still happens.  The entire
> set of results appears, but the earliest ones disappear at some point as
> more results are added to the end.
>
> --Phyllis Schneider
>
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> *From:* info-childes at googlegroups.com [
> mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com <info-childes at googlegroups.com>] *On
> Behalf Of *Leonid Spektor
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:43 AM
> *To:* info-childes at googlegroups.com; chibolts at googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: Question about word tokens and new words on CLAN
>
> Carolyn,
>
>     The proper place to post this kind of question is on *
> chibolts at googlegroups.com.* I am posting a reply to both chibolts and
> info-childes address in case you do not subscribe to chibolts Google Group
> yet.
>
>     There is no database size limit set in CLAN except for the memory size
> on your computer. Freq command should be able to count all words in
> database. The problem might be the format of email messages in CLAN system
> or the commands and options you use. Also, please make sure that you have
> the latest version of CLAN. To diagnose the problems you are describing it
> would be very helpful to me if you could email me a sample of your data and
> the command line you are using at spektor at andrew.cmu.edu. If you are not
> comfortable to email to me any sample of your data, then please just
> describe it and exactly what kind of analyzes you are trying run conduct. Is
> your data in just a plain text format or is it in fully legal CHAT format?
> If you are trying to simply get a frequency count of all words you can use
> "freq +y *.cha" command. That is assuming that your data file(s) have ".cha"
> extension. If you are trying to get just count of words associated with a
> particular speaker and your data is in legal CHAT format, then you can add
> "+t*CHI" option to above command. The "*CHI" refers to a speaker name in
> your data files.
>
> Hope this help,
> Leonid.
>
>
> On 28-05-09 10:22, "Carolyn Piazza" <carolynpiazza at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To the  info-childes google group,
>
>    I'm not sure if this is  the place to send questions, but if it is not,
> perhaps someone can point me to  the right place.
>    I am working on data based on email  messages and have placed some 366
> emails into the CLAN system.  When I  run a frequency count, the outcome is
> words beginning with the letters O to  Z.  The words beginning with A-N are
> missing.  Is there a certain  data base size in which the program will not
> accurately process?  Thanks,  in advance, to whomever can answer this.
>
> Best regards,
> Carolyn  Piazza
> cpiazza at fsu.edu
>
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