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| ====== Lesson 8: Multiword searches====== | ====== Lesson 8: Multiword searches====== |
| In the Early Modern English period, there were two different ways of marking the perfect tenses. In the present day, the auxiliary //have// is used for example in the present perfect, as in //It has come to my attention//. However, as late as the eighteenth century, the perfect tenses could be marked with the auxiliary //to be//. These two markings were more or less in complementary distribution, i.e. they were used with different types of verbs. According to the [[http://public.oed.com/aspects-of-english/english-in-time/grammar-in-early-modern-english/|OED ]], //to be// was the preferred way of forming the perfect verbs of motion, while //to have// was used in most other cases. Shakespeare normally uses the auxiliary //to be// with //creep, enter, flee, go, meet, retire, ride, and run//. | In the Early Modern English period, there were two different ways of marking the perfect tense. In the present day, the auxiliary //have// is used to form the present perfect, as in //It has come to my attention//. However, as late as the eighteenth century, the perfect tenses could be marked with the auxiliary //to be//. These two markings were more or less in complementary distribution, i.e. they were used with different types of verbs. According to the [[http://public.oed.com/aspects-of-english/english-in-time/grammar-in-early-modern-english/|OED ]], //to be// was the preferred way of forming the perfect verbs of motion, while //to have// was used in most other cases. Shakespeare normally uses the auxiliary //to be// with //creep, enter, flee, go, meet, retire, ride, and run//. |
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| ====== Searching the corpus ====== | ====== Searching the corpus ====== |
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| If searching for one specific form such as //is arrived//, we may use the [[en:manualy:kontext:novy_dotaz|basic query]] as described in our [[en:eebo:first_query|first lesson ]]. | If searching for one specific form such as //is arrived//, we may use the //Phrase// query type as described in our [[en:eebo:first_query|first lesson ]]. |
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| However, in this case we want to find all the possible variants, //am come//, //are come// the query can be written in [[en:pojmy:dotazovaci_jazyk|CQL]] (Corpus Query Language) using a number of regular expressions. Furthermore, the CQL query mode in the [[en:kontext| KonText]] interface is case sensitive, and therefore both variants should be included in the query in order for us to obtain as many relevant hits as possible. | However, in this case we want to find all the possible variants, //am come//, //are come// the query can be written in [[en:pojmy:dotazovaci_jazyk|CQL]] (Corpus Query Language) using a number of regular expressions. Furthermore, the CQL query mode in the [[en:kontext| KonText]] interface is case sensitive, and therefore both variants should be included in the query in order for us to obtain as many relevant hits as possible. |
| ''([word="am"]|[word="are"]|[word="[iy]s"]|[word="has"]|[word="ha[uv]e"])[word="ar?ri[uv]ed"]'' | ''([word="am"]|[word="are"]|[word="[iy]s"]|[word="has"]|[word="ha[uv]e"])[word="ar?ri[uv]ed"]'' |
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| Frequency -> Node forms provides a listing of all types found with the given query in order of frequency. Below are the results of the search viewed as node forms. | //Frequency -> Node forms// provides a listing of all types found with the given query in order of frequency. Below are the results of the search viewed as node forms. |
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| A number of things can be done at this stage, including a survey of the i.p.m. by period. | A number of things can be done at this stage, including a survey of the i.p.m. by period. |
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| Frequency → Text Types on the menu bar shows us a list of frequencies by period and by decade. By default, the results are ordered by frequency. By clicking on the text doc.decade we can order the results chronologically. | //Frequency → Text Types// on the menu bar shows us a list of frequencies by period and by decade. By default, the results are ordered by frequency. By clicking on the text doc.decade we can order the results chronologically. |
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| [[en:eebo:competing_forms|Lesson Three]] gives an example of how such data could be converted into a graph. | [[en:eebo:competing_forms|Lesson Three]] gives an example of how such data could be converted into a graph. |
