[Corpora-List] LEXICOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE: courses

[Daniel Riaño]

>J. L. DeLucca writes:
>>  We would like to hearing from you WHAT computational tools do you use at the
>  > present time for developping your LEXICOGRAPHIC projects.

The best software tool I know about for manipulation, storage and
retrieval of linguistic data in text format is an Apple application
called HyperCard. It has its own scripting language that allows
almost unlimited possibilities for text manipulation, it is very
powerful (unless you need colour), and it is really easy to learn.
There are several articles about HyperCard in linguistic Journals or
books intended for the linguists [[1]]. The problem is that, although
HyperCard is still sold by Apple, its development has been
discontinued by the company. Moreover, it is not Unicode compatible.
An alternative may be Revolution <http://www.runrev.com/>, a very
powerful developer's tool (more powerful than HyperCard, in general,
but I don't know if its text manipulation abilities are just as
good). Revolution can be used in most platforms.

[[1]]
Harland, M. (1990). ³HyperCard: from computer dictionaries to On-Line
courseware tools.² LLC 5: 98-93.
Nelson, R. R. (1992). ³Using HyperCard for content analysis.² LLC
7(3): 185-193.
Lawler, J. and H. Aristar Dry (1998). Using computer in linguistics.
London & NY, Routledge.

and you may be interested in:

Riaño Rufilanchas, D. (1998). Aplicaciones de Macintosh a la
filología clásica. Madrid, Ediciones Clásicas.


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Daniel Riaño Rufilanchas
Madrid, España