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en:eebo:morphology2 [2016/11/11 08:22] – [Variation in derivational suffixes] kristinavalentinyova | en:eebo:morphology2 [2016/11/14 05:19] – [Searching the corpus] kristinavalentinyova | ||
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- | When we click on the **frequency** button and select **node forms** in the dropdown menu, we will be able to see which of 63 spelling variants was the most frequently used at that time. | + | When we click on the **frequency** button and select **node forms** in the dropdown menu, we will be able to see which of 63 spelling variants was the most frequent one at that time. |
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- | For the purpose of this lesson, we will use the most frequent one, that is //didst//. Now we can compare frequencies of these two forms: | + | For the purpose of this lesson, we will use the most frequent one, that is //didst//. Now we can compare frequencies of these two forms: |
- | If we wish to search for both forms in the corpus at the same time we will insert a vertical bar for alternatives as was explained in the previous lesson. This way the concordance list will include both //did// and //didst// in the results. The query is expressed as follows: | + | If we wish to search for both forms in the corpus at the same time we will insert a vertical bar for alternatives |
- | [word=“thou”][word=“didst”]|[word=“thou”][word=“did”] | + | [word=“thou”]([word=“didst”]|[word=“did”]) |
The reason why we need to include the pronoun //thou// in our query is that //did// was also used in the first and third person, in addition to the second person. By including the pronoun, we will be able to eliminate those results from the concordance list. //Didst// does not require this restriction, | The reason why we need to include the pronoun //thou// in our query is that //did// was also used in the first and third person, in addition to the second person. By including the pronoun, we will be able to eliminate those results from the concordance list. //Didst// does not require this restriction, | ||
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^ did |620 |0.14 | ^ did |620 |0.14 | ||
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===== Variation in derivational suffixes===== | ===== Variation in derivational suffixes===== |