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Define a pattern:

Explanation

Enter a term on the left. Then define a pattern using the following principles:
  • L1 is the first word to the left of the term, L2 is the second word to the left, R1 is the first word to the right, etc.
  • Not all fields need to be used (the only field that is required is the term)
  • Patterns can be comma separated (*a, the, an*) in which case they are OR searches
  • The term is the main search term. It can be a phrase (*as if*) or a simple search term (*voice*).
  • At present, punctuation is stripped out.
The result (if the pattern occurs) is twofold:
  1. A concordance in which each column is a word. It can be sorted on different columns by clicking on the column header.
  2. A collocation table that can be sorted and has clickable cells.
    • If one clicks a cell any pattern defined in other positions is discarded in favour of the new pattern.
For instance, if one searches for after in Bleak House’s long suspensions, the results show that it is regularly followed by a. Clicking on a in R1 in the collocation table shows interesting time indications in the novel that would be hard to extract with simple searches.

Choose a subset:

Choose a book:

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