[Corpora-List] plain text extraction from ICE-GB -- found a solution...

[Ute Römer]

Dear all,

I just found out that it is possible to do what I wanted to do by using the
"query">"save" option and then check the "plain text" option. Very sorry
about bothering you.

All the best... Ute


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Ute Römer
English Department
University of Hanover
Königsworther Platz 1
30167 Hannover
Germany

Phone: +49 (0)511 762 2997
Fax: +49 (0)511 762 2996
E-mail: ute.roemer at anglistik.uni-hannover.de
http://www.fbls.uni-hannover.de/angli/


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ute Römer" <ute.roemer at anglistik.uni-hannover.de>
To: "CORPORA" <CORPORA at UIB.NO>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 3:21 PM
Subject: [Corpora-List] plain text extraction from ICE-GB...


> Dear all,
>
> In a pragmatics class I would like to use some real samples of classroom
> interaction (for my students to analyse the move structure in terms of IRF
> etc.). I thought I could simply take one or two of the transcripts
included
> in ICE-GB but now I don't seem to find a way of copying (cutting/pasting)
> texts from ICECUP (in the browse text mode) to a Word or text file. My
> not-so-ideal solution was to enlarge font size and use screenshots, but I
am
> not quite happy with that (some lines are cut off). When I go to the
corpus
> files proper, I get all the markup material which I don't want either.
Does
> anyone know of a way of extracting plain text from this corpus?
>
> Thanks and best wishes... Ute
>
>
> ************************************************************
>
> Ute Römer
> English Department
> University of Hanover
> Königsworther Platz 1
> 30167 Hannover
> Germany
>
> Phone: +49 (0)511 762 2997
> Fax: +49 (0)511 762 2996
> E-mail: ute.roemer at anglistik.uni-hannover.de
> http://www.fbls.uni-hannover.de/angli/
>
>