Build a Simple Concordance
This is a recipe to build a simple concordance from a text
Ingredients
- An electronic text to explore
- A Concordance tool such as the TAPoR Find Words - Concordance Tool
This recipe is applied to a sample text in Build a Simple ConcordanceSteps
- Get an electronic text from a source such as Project Gutenberg
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- Concord keywords using Find Words - Concordance Tool;
- Explore the resulting concordance to appreciate the keyword in its context;
- Export the concordance to an external editor.
Discussion
Finding a Text
Possible sources for electronic texts are listed on the Electronic Texts Panel of TAPoR. When preparing text for analysis, you should be aware that academic infrastructure included in the text may obstruct reading the text for its original construction. It may be useful to remove notes and other materials added by subsequent authors from the original work. You can use tools such TAPoR Extract Text to remove added material.Glossary
A Complete GlossaryNext Steps/Further Information
- List of All Recipes
- Exercise Identifying Themes within a Text
- Help with Particular Tools
- Background on Text Analysis
- Information about the TAPoR Concordance Tool