[Corpora-List] Customisable Concordancer for ESP (Law) Learners?

[Eric Atwell]

Nigel,

Daniel Wiechmann wrote a review of about 10 concordancers in recent issue of
Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory journal, including some 
Open-Source projects which you could build on (to mutual benefit)
e.g. http://freshmeat.net/projects/aconcorde/

Eric Atwell, Leeds University

On Mon, 3 Jul 2006, Daniel Wiechmann wrote:

> There is an overview of current concordancers in the latest issue of

> Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory

> http://www.degruyter.de/rs/384_7546_DEU_h.htm

>

> A couple of programs tested there meet the required criteria.

> (In case you don't have access to this resource, I would be happy to

> provide you with a prefinal draft of this article.)

>

> best,

> Daniel Wiechmann



On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, nigel bruce wrote:


> I am building and refining a corpus and Vocabulary research Tools for an 

> English for Law programme in an ESL-medium university.

> We have a basic set of tools that will concordance & do frequency analysis, 

> differentiating general from academic/legal terms.

> We want to go to the next level and develop a more powerful set of tools - 

> and our students are the researchers targeted to use the tools & database.

>

> I wonder if anyone can recommend a Concordancer that

> 1. is powerful enough to speedily sort a 1 million-word corpus by 3 words to 

> the left or right (our main new requirement)

> 2. allows the user to customise the interface, add features, and 

> select/delete unwanted features

> Expense is not an issue if it can permit the above.  If anyone can propose 

> search functions that they have found especially useful for learners, I'm 

> very interested in hearing new ideas.

>

> I work with ESL Law students and legal corpora - if anyone has experience of 

> using corpora in ESL higher ed., I'd like to exchange ideas and experiences.

>

> Nigel Bruce

>

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