[Lexicog] concordance programs

[phil cash cash]

enclosed is a brief review i wrote sometime ago on Simple Concordance
Program.  SCP is now in version 4.0.7.  i used it to import .txt files
and run sorts on basic texts and word lists.  you can find SCP at:

http://web.bham.ac.uk/a.reed/textworld/scp/

phil cash cash
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~cashcash

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Simple Concordance Program

Simple Concordance Program (SCP) is a concordance program designed to
capture and record the occurrence of words in document and to "write"
(organize) each word into a list based upon the a simple set of
parameters. The kinds of organization or "writing" of words to a file
are based upon the elements of texts such as words and phrases and a
set of search criteria such as frequency (word counts) and orders
(alphabetic).

In terms of operation, SCP loads a (.txt) file and the user sets a
basic set of organizational parameters. From this point onward, the use
can then input and apply various search criteria to manipulate the text
document in various ways. The advantage of SCP, other than it being a
freeware software, is that it can assist teachers and language learners
to manipulate text in targeted ways. In terms of language
revitalization applications, it can be applied to language texts as a
means of creating vocabularies and organizing the grammatical structure
of texts. Thus, SCP is a power tool in terms of organizing basic texts
as for language documentation purposes and grammatical description. I
highly recommend it to anyone who is working in the area of language
documentation.


On Mar 21, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Wayne Leman wrote:

> I found a freeware oncordance program that worked fine, right from the
> start, for me, under Windows XP. (It will work with earlier versions of
> Windows also.) There is also a version customized for running under
> Linux.
> The program is called AntConc2.5.3, and is available for download from
> URL:
>
> http://antpc1.ice.ous.ac.jp/
>
> Scroll down about halfway down the page, looking for the "Software"
> section.
> The program requires no installation. Simply click on the filename. I
> also
> suggest you download the README file for it, also.
>
> I also found some other concordance programs available from Internet
> websites, but they require payment and I like to try out a program
> first to
> find out if it does what I need, before purchasing it.
>
> I'll see what this program thinks of some Cheyenne text. (Cheyenne
> verbs can
> be 50 or more letters long!).
>
> OK, back to other lexicography topics now, altho for some who are
> involved
> in corpus linguistics and lexicography, concordance programs are
> essential
> for lexical work. (Note the Longmans dictionary of American English,
> based
> on Jack du Bois' 5 million word corpus of American English)
>
> Wayne
> -----
> Wayne Leman
> Cheyenne website: http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language
>
>
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