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- | ====== Specify query ====== | + | ====== |
- | In this lesson we will have a look at how we can further specify query using various features of the KonText interface. EEBO is a historical corpus and therefore will especially | + | In this lesson we will have a look at how we can further specify |
====== Specify query according to the meta-information ====== | ====== Specify query according to the meta-information ====== | ||
- | Click on the KonText icon so we can start a new query. | + | We click on the KonText icon, so we can start a new query. |
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- | Between the fifteenth and seventeeth | + | Between the fifteenth and seventeeth |
- | One of such words is **ablegate** which according to the Oxford English dictionary was introduced into English in 1621. We can verify the date of first use of this word into English easily using the EEBO corpus. | + | One of such words is the verb **ablegate** which according to [[http:// |
- | * If we select the period between 1420-1500, there will be no results in the concordance list as the word was not used at that time yet. | + | * If we select the period between 1420-1500, there will be no results in the concordance list, as the word was not used at that time yet. |
* The same goes for the period between 1500-1570. | * The same goes for the period between 1500-1570. | ||
* After selecting the period 1570-1640, we get one result. | * After selecting the period 1570-1640, we get one result. | ||
* On the left side of the concordance line, we can see that the text was written by Thomas Cooper. | * On the left side of the concordance line, we can see that the text was written by Thomas Cooper. | ||
- | * By clicking on his name, we can obtain even more information about the text. This piece of writing is from 1578. It is a Latin-English thesaurus which proves the word' | + | * By clicking on his name, we can obtain even more information about the text. This piece of writing is from 1578. It is a Latin-English thesaurus which proves the word was still considered |
- | * In the period between 1640-1710, we get two hits. Both texts are in English which proves | + | * In the period between 1640-1710, we get two hits. Both texts are written |
- | * Using the EEBO corpus, we just easily | + | * Using the EEBO corpus, we just proved the approximate |
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- | **You can try to find in the EEBO corpus | + | **We can try to find out when the following words entered |
- absolutely | - absolutely | ||
- convoy | - convoy | ||
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====== Frequency ====== | ====== Frequency ====== | ||
- | If we wish to see all of the frequencies of the word at once, we click on **Frequency | + | If we wish to see all of the frequencies of the word over the decades, we click on the **Frequency** |
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- | [{{eebo-13.png? | + | [{{eebo-13.png? |
+ | In KonText menu, the item **Frequency** encompasses function for creating frequency distribution according to the document IDs. In the case of the EEBO corpus, we can sort the results according to the authors of the texts. If we want to know which writer used the word // | ||
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- | In interface KonText menu the item Frequency encompasses function for creating frequency distribution according to the document IDs. The case of EEBO, we can sort the results according to the authors of the texts. If we want to know which writer did use the word //absolutely// most frequenly, we click on **Frequency** button in the KonText interface and select **Doc IDs** in the dropdown menu. Similar chart the previous | + | <WRAP round help 50%> |
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+ | *The word // | ||
+ | * //To abstrude// is an obsolete word nowadays. Can you infer its meaning from the EEBO concordance list? | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | By clicking on the name of the author located on the left side of the concordance line, a table will appear with the basic information about the text, including the date of publication. | ||
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+ | **If you are ready, you can continue to [[en: | ||
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