Quickstart: Working with the EXMARaLDA search tool (EXAKT)

1 Wo king wi h EXAKT 1 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 2 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. 1 Fo de ailed in o ma ion on wo king wi h EXAKT see EXAKT manual 2 See also How_ o_c ea e_ a_co pus_ om_a_se _o _ ansc ip ions_EN 2 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. 3 4. You can also sea ch he co pus using egula exp essions 3 . 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. 3 See also Regula _Exp essions_EN 4 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