Build a Simple Concordance
This is a recipe to build a simple concordance from a text
Ingredients
Steps
- Get an electronic text from a source such as Project Gutenberg
;
- 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 Glossary
Next Steps/Further Information
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ShawnDay - 18 April 2007
This recipe is applied to a sample text in Build a Simple Concordance