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Wo king wi h EXAKT
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A. Func ionali y o EXAKT
The EXMARaLDA Analysis and Conco dancing Tool is a ool o sea ching and analysing
co po a o spoken language ansc ip ions as c ea ed by he EXMARaLDA Pa i u -Edi o
and he EXMARaLDA Co pus Manage . EXAKT enables you o:
- pe o m co pus sea ches on di e en le els ( ansc ip ions, me ada a, anno a ions...)
- display sea ch esul s in con ex (KWIC conco dances)
- gene a e wo d lis s
- il e , ca ego ize, quan i y sea ch esul s (+ me ada a) acco ding o a ious c i e ia.
B. Opening a co pus and gene a ing a wo d lis
1. Open co pus
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ia File > Open co pus… and choose a .coma ile.
2. I he co pus has been segmen ed o wo ds,
EXAKT o e s you he possibili y o gene a e and
use a wo d lis . I you choose Yes, he wo d lis
will be c ea ed and displayed in he Wo d lis s
sec ion o EXAKT (le column).
3. Double click on an en y o ha lis o display i wi h
all he wo d ypes occu ing in he co pus oge he
wi h hei equency. The wo ds can be so ed
alphabe ically o by hei equency.
Via Sa e wo dlis … a *. x o
*.h ml e sion o he wo dlis
can be gene a ed. You can il e
he lis using a egula exp es-
sion. Double click on any en y
in he wo d lis o click on he
bu on wi h he plus/minus sign
o add/ emo e a wo d o he
selec ion on he igh side o
he dialog.
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Fo de ailed in o ma ion on wo king wi h EXAKT see EXAKT manual
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See also How_ o_c ea e_ a_co pus_ om_a_se _o _ ansc ip ions_EN
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C. KWIC Conco dance
1. Choose ie om he d op-down menu you wan o
sea ch in, hen en e a wo d in he ield beside he
Sea ch bu on and hi he En e key o click .
2. You will be gi en a KWIC conco dance displaying
all he places in he co pus which ma ch you wo d (e.g. know) wi h le and igh con ex .
You can educe o inc ease he amoun o ex in he le and igh con ex columns by
clicking on he bu ons show mo e o less con ex , espec i ely.
3. I you double click on a sea ch esul , he co esponding ansc ip ion will be opened in
he lowe pa o he sc een (displayed as a musical sco e, i Pa i u op ion is chosen).
You can eely na iga e in his ansc ip ion and i you ansc ip ion is aligned wi h an
audio o ideo ile, you can use he play bu on o playback he co esponding pa o he
eco ding.
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4. You can also sea ch he co pus using egula exp essions
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. EXAKT p o ides help o
wo king wi h egula exp essions in se e al places:
a. The con ex menu in he sea ch exp ession ex ield lis s some commonly used me a-
cha ac e s. Choose any en y in ha con ex menu o pas e he espec i e cha ac e in o
he sea ch exp ession ex ield.
b. I you click on he Sea ch bu on o he le o he sea ch exp ession ex ield, a
dialog will come up which helps you o o mula e some commonly used ypes o
egula exp ession
c. Unde he menu i em RegEx > Regex Lib a y Dialog a dialog wi h di e en egula
exp ession lib a ies can be ound, one o hem, he EXMARaLDA Regex Lib a y, is
buil in o EXAKT. I con ains some commonly used sea ch pa e ns o di e en
languages and di e en ansc ip ion sys ems.
D. Fil e ing and ca ego izing sea ch esul s
Once you ha e ca ied ou a sea ch, you can display me ada a, i.e. da a abou speake s,
communica ions o ansc ip ions in addi ional columns o you KWIC conco dance. These
can be sea ched, so ed and il e ed.
1. Displaying me ada a o conco dances:
a. Click on
b. Choose me ada a ields and click
c. Se /change o de ia
d. Con i m wi h
2. Fil e ing conco dances:
a. Click on
b. En e manually o click on
c. Click on egis e Types
d. Choose da a and click on >
e. Con i m wi h
. Checkbox (on he le ) displays il e esul s
g. Dele e unselec ed en ies ia click on
3. Adding analysis:
a. In o de o classi y o ca ego ize you sea ch esul s, you can add one o se e al
analysis columns o he KWIC Conco dance.
b. Click on > en e i le and ype > in he case o “closed ca ego y lis ” en e
ca ego ies > click on
c. Analysis columns can be so ed and il e ed jus like he o he columns o he KWIC
conco dance.
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See also Regula _Exp essions_EN
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checkbox
numbe o
ma ches
sea ch
i em
le con ex
igh con ex
KWIC conco dance
co pus lis
wo d lis
conco dance lis
sea ch
il e
me ada a
add analysis
copy
emo e unselec ed
sea ch esul s
e esh
iew
show mo e/
less con ex
play
open
pa i u in
b owse
ou pu as .h ml
display as pa i u
display as lis
display as h ml