CURSO CORPUS 2017- Gustavo y Pablo Ruano.

WEEK 1 - 6th October 2017

Steps to follow to compile your own corpus of texts.

E.g. Go to google news and look for something that might have several news which have the
same theme or topic in common.

Go to the first new, and you must copy the text for the item. And then, to the second one
and do the same thing. Etc.

I will need to have 20 texts with more than 1000 thousand words each; about the same
theme or topic.
- Once the 20 texts are done, I have to email it to Gustavo as a comprised file.
- Before Wednesday, this is, on the 10th October.

WEEK 2 - 11th October 2017

INTRODUCTION TO CORPUS SEARCHES

This week we will learn how to perform simple searches in the online corpora.
We type a word in the box (where Search is) and we will get the specific word in contexts, but if
we want to see derivative words of the word we typed in firstly (custom), we go backwards and
type e.g. custom? this question mark represents any character (but just one) that may occur
after the word we are searching for. And now click on FIND MATCHING STRINGS, the corpora
will retrieve.

Although the second word is misspelled (custome).

- Now, if we want to find for words derived or related to customs as customised, etc. we need
to use an * in the searching box. An * is another search sign not just one character but any
number of letters that would follow the term entered in the searching box. The several words
you will see the words arranged by order of frequency.

- After searching some words and the one above, we write them on a word document. Now, we
open the AntConc application and we start searching for words in the same way as with the
Corpus online, but the results retrieved will come from our own corpus.

So, while being here, if we click on SORT, we will see the following:
 EXERCISE IS: to perform single searches of simple
words, and then a word plus a ?; and then search for a word, root, lexeme plus an *. One of the
searches on the online corpora, and then one on my own corpus by using AntConc. I must take
screenshot of each search and paste it into a word document and tell Gustavo what we see at
the screen and what we are trying to retrieve by using those words (or searched terms).

- Give him one or two sentences of what I get or what I think I got.
Dear Pilar,
Your work is quite on the spot, so you don't have to worry about redoing anything.
Other than that, the "SORT" function in AntConc arranges your results in alphabetical order according
to the parameters you set (which context word has to be taken into account first). It does not seem to
help much when you only have a handful of results, but it will reveal itself very convenient when the
number of results is much higher.
Good job.
Best wishes,

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 8:05 AM, MARIA DEL PILAR PRUDENCIA PALMA DEL PASO
<mpalmade@alumnos.unex.es> wrote:
Morning, dear Gustavo,
Thank you very much for your kindness.
Please, find attached my second week word for a review.
Best regards,

PILAR PALMA DEL PASO