Using FREQ/KWAL to output quoted material

['Cathy Lonngren' via chibolts]

Hi Leonid,

Many thanks for your reply. I will download the latest version of CLAN and
try the commands you have suggested.

All the best,

Cathy

On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 at 21:40, Leonid Spektor <spektor at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Cathy,
>
> I have change CLAN to search for quoted text better. If you get new CLAN
> from the web, then you will be able to use following commands:
>
> kwal +s\+\" +s\+\"/. +s“ *.cha
> freq +s\+\" +s\+\"/. +s“*” *.cha
>
>
> Leonid.
>
> On Jul 17, 2019, at 12:27, Leonid Spektor <spektor at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
> Cathy,
>
> Quotes are tricky. The basic command to find tiers with quotes is:
>
> kwal +s\+\" +s\+\"/. +s“ *.cha
>
> Command to count quotes is:
>
> freq +s\+\" +s\+\"/. +s“ *.cha
>
> The tricky part is to search for words “bath” and “ratinhos at s”
> themselves, because quotes can be used to cover more than one word and CLAN
> is designed to work on one word at the time. Let me know if you want to
> find quoted words themselves. Or if you just want to know how many quotes
> there are in the data. In the last case you can use command shown above.
>
> Leonid.
>
> On Jul 17, 2019, at 08:09, 'Cathy Lonngren' via chibolts <
> chibolts at googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am having trouble knowing how to get FREQ and KWAL to search for
> words/sequences of words which have been coded as quotes (see examples
> below). I have tried all manner of command lines and consulted the manuals
> for clues but as of yet I have had no luck. I am sure there is a simple
> solution but haven't yet found it - any help greatly appreciated!
>
> Examples from the corpus:
> 1) Metalinguistic usage
> *JAM: how do we say “bath” in Portuguese ?
>
> *JAM: how do you say “ratinhos at s” ? [+ ep]
>
> 2) Entire quotes
> *MEG: when Scamp's father came, (.) Scamp said +"/.
> %add: MOT
> *MEG: +" are you ready to?
> %add: MOT
> *MEG: no, and then Scamp's father said +"/.
> %add: MOT
> *MEG: +" are you ready to go home?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Cathy Lonngren-Sampaio
>
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