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en:eebo:specify_query [2016/11/10 22:24] – [Specify query according to the meta-information] kristinavalentinyovaen:eebo:specify_query [2018/07/30 14:44] (current) – [Lesson 4: Specify query] Václav Cvrček
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-====== Specify query ======+====== Lesson 4: 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 be especially useful for diachronic searches that map how certain linguistic phenomena have developed over time. +In this lesson we will have a look at how we can further specify the query using various features of the [[en:manualy:kontext:index|KonText]] interface. [[en:cnk:eebo|EEBO]] is a historical corpus and therefore will be especially useful for diachronic searches that map how certain linguistic phenomena have developed over time. 
 ====== Specify query according to the meta-information ====== ====== Specify query according to the meta-information ======
  
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 ====== Frequency ====== ====== Frequency ======
  
- If we wish to see all of the frequencies of the word at once, we click on **Frequency button** in the KonText interface and select **Text Types** in the dropdown menu. This way we will see all of the frequencies of a given word and how they increase or descrease over time.  The upper chart shows frequencies across periods, while the bottom chart displays frequencies over decades.The frequencies of //absolutely// are sorted according to their frequencies from the highest to the lowest. By clicking on the heading of the chart, we can change the order according to the period/decade, frequency or i.p.m.+If we wish to see all of the frequencies of the word over the decades, we click on the **Frequency** button in the KonText interface and select **Text Types** in the dropdown menu. This way we will see all of the frequencies of a given word and how they increase or descrease over time.  The upper chart shows frequencies across periods, while the bottom chart displays frequencies over decades.The frequencies of //absolutely// are sorted from the highest frequency to the lowest one. By clicking on the heading of the chart, we can change the order according to the period/decade, frequency or i.p.m.
 [{{eebo-12.png?400|Showing frequencies of Text Types}}] [{{eebo-12.png?400|Showing frequencies of Text Types}}]
 [{{eebo-13.png?400|Frequency list of //absolutely// according to the period and decade}}] [{{eebo-13.png?400|Frequency list of //absolutely// according to the period and decade}}]
  
  
-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 //absolutely// the most frequenly, we click on the **Frequency** button in the KonText interface and select **Doc IDs** in the dropdown menu. Similar chart than the previous one will appear, showing how often does the given word occur in the texts written by various authors. The results reveal that the word occured with the highest frequency in the writings of Samuel Bold, an English clergyman.+In KonText menuthe 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 //absolutely// the most frequenly, we click on the **Frequency** button in the KonText interface and select **Doc IDs** in the dropdown menu. A similar chart than the previous one will appear, showing how often the given word occurs in the texts written by various authors. The results reveal that the word occured with the highest frequency in the writings of Samuel Bold, an English clergyman.
    
 [{{eebo-14.png?400|Frequency list of //absolutely// according to the doc IDs}}] [{{eebo-14.png?400|Frequency list of //absolutely// according to the doc IDs}}]
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  **Task**  **Task**
-  *The word //progress// was borrowed from Latin in fifteenth century. In which decades was this word most frequently used? +  *The word //progress// was borrowed from Latin in the fifteenth century. In which decades was this word most frequently used? 
-  * //To abstrude// is an obsolete word. Can you infer its meaning from the EEBO concordance list?+  * //To abstrude// is an obsolete word nowadays. Can you infer its meaning from the EEBO concordance list?
   * Find out who was the first one to use the word //abstemiously//?   * Find out who was the first one to use the word //abstemiously//?
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
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 +**If you are ready, you can continue to [[en:eebo:collocations|Lesson 5]].**
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