Professor Anthony, you are a Corpus Hero! I happened upon AntConc in 2016, having not even heard of corpus linguistics at the time. Your software and tutorials turned out to be the catalyst in my career and academic development as an English teacher and now applied linguist. And AntConc keeps getting better! I like this new version, especially for the concordance sorting upgrades and the corpus manager, which speeds up and simplifies the loading process. Thank you, sir.
Thank you for this good tutorial to a wonderful tool! We watched it in my linguistics class at a German university this morning. Great tool, I use it all the time.
I have two questions about corpus tools. How many file can we upload for making corpus? What would be the maximum size for a file to be uploaded for corpus? I mean what would be the limitations of AntConc or any other corpus tool about number of files or
I wish you can share how to use the reference corpus as I am doing corpus based approach on error analysis and I think that feature will help me a lot. Thank you Anthony.
I have two questions about corpus tools. How many file can we upload for making corpus? What would be the maximum size for a file to be uploaded for corpus? I mean what would be the limitations of AntConc or any other corpus tool about number of files or size?
That's a great question. There really isn't any limit on the size or number of files that you can use. But, if you want to view the hits in a file in AntConc, it needs to load the entire file, which can be slow. So, loading files that are the length of a short book should be fine, but combining thousands of documents into a single file and using that to create a corpus is not recommended.
Hi Dr Anthony. you've done a great job, as usual. i need your help with the lemmalist. how do i get word from the same root in the wordlist tool to count it together? for example, if 3 abacus and 2 abacuses are passed in the text, how does the tool count them as 5 instead of counting them separately
Hi, Mert. Did you add your lemma list when you loaded your corpus in the Corpus Manager? You need to supply a list like the following: headword member1 member2 where each word is separated by tabs Let me know if this works.
Stupid question: could it be used to study a corpus of source code for a particular computer language? could it be used to study a programming language?
Sorry for the late reply. Can you define a tag question? If so, try to formulate it in a way that you can search for. The clearer the definition, the easier it will be to search. In a simple case, just search for "don't you" or "don t you" depending on how you created your corpus.
Hi Anthony, such a great video. However I would like to know how to put file into the software. You did not mention how to change file into db type as well.
Hi. Everything is explained in the help file. But, there are two ways. 1) Use the File->Open Files as "Quick Corpus". Here, you just select your files and AntConc will create a temporary database and show that. 2) Use the File->Open Corpus Manager option and then select the "Raw Files" option. Here, you can drag-drop or open your files into the list, name the corpus database, and then create your corpus. Then, you can access this named database or copy/distribute it as you like.
@@AntLabJPN Thank you for the explanation. Can I select multiple files too since I saw in your video, when you clicked the db file, it's automatically showed all txt files too. Or do you have suggestion how to do that as well?
@@kaylerninja In the raw files tab, you can select multiple files. AntConc will process them all and give you a single-file database, which appears in the pre-built corpus tab.
Hi. Try loading a single file from the collection using the default settings. There is a good chance that all the text will be extracted directly and you can use it as is. If it doesn't work, reply back here.
Dear Prof. Laurence Anthony, I am a fourth year English major from Thammasat University who is now conducting research on lexical collocations. I am struggling with my tagged files. I watched your video posted 7 years ago. Still, the wild cards or search terms such as *_NN1 seem not to work with the recent version of AntConc. It would be my greatest pleasure if you could upload the video that illustrates how to deal with tagged files with the latest version of AntConc. Best regards.
@@littlemaewmeaw I've been planning to make a video to explain working with tagged data. But, for now, the simple instruction is to load your data via the File->Corpus Manager and choose the "simple_word_headword" option. If you do this, everything will be processed properly and then you can search for "*_NN1" and all the results will be clear.
Hi. This means that your files are not encoded in the default utf-8 encoding. Open the file shown in the warning and resave it as utf-8 to fix the problem.
Hi, if possible, I would like some help in regard to tagged corpora. I have tagged 2 different corpora and I would like to analyse them in Antconc. However, I cannot hide the tags. I have noticed, however, that the earlier versions, there is a hide tag option. The software is unstable, though, and I cannot work with it due to frequent lags. Is there any way I can work with tags on Antconc's latest version? Thank you.
Hi Dan. Assuming the tags are a standard form (e.g. dog_NN), go to File->Open Corpus Manager and choose the raw files options there. In the basic settings, choose the word_pos_headword indexer and click create. Then, you should have complete control over searching and viewing the tags in the main interface via the tool settings. I hope that helps!
@@AntLabJPN Thank you very much. I was struggling to hide the punctuation and numbers as well, but then I found out the option "filter words" under Global Settings and thus was able to create a document with the characters I wanted to hide using Notepad. You, sir, are a blessing. Thank you very much. I am writing a final paper for my graduate degree. Can I write your name on my "acknowledgements" page?
Thank you Dr. Anthony for the new version and the informative tutorial. Is version 4 compatible with windows 32bit and 64bit ? Because I can't install it on my windows 10 32 bit.
I think the software has now been updated again since this video was made. The corpus manager doesn't look like this anymore...Suggest a new tutorial but tnx for this great resource..
@@AntLabJPN I could not excute these steps on antconc 4.1.2, which I find weird! (and is actually bugging! I could not execute any tiny command, not even looking for a specific word in the corpus I loaded!)
@@sakhrinihal9981 Hi. I think you are probably making a basic mistake. First, make sure you can activate one of the default corpora, and generate KWIC results with that (e.g. searching for "the"). If you can do that, it means AntConc is running normally. Next, try to load *one* file from your corpus. Make sure that it is UTF-8 encoded. Then, again, search for a word in that file using the KWIC tool. If that is working, you have probably noticed your mistake.
thank you for your wonderful software! it looks amazing!!! I am using a linux version of it. My host OS is a gentoo derivative. The problem is that antconc (4.2.0) craches everytime I want to open as quick corpus it craches. The provided advice "gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache" does't help as i don't have such a file in my OS. Can you recommend any way to solve the problem? As for 3.5.* it works flawslessly
Hi. Sorry about the trouble you are having. Are you able to open and use the demo corpus? If this crashes too, I think I know the solution to your problem - you have probably saved AntConc in a location that does not have write access permissions.
@@AntLabJPN Thanks for your reply. I am quite happy with the previous version of your software. As for the so called faulty version it fails whenever i press the menu button to open a corpus file. The file i wanted to attach was in my home folder anyway.
@@goodtry That's interesting. Here's something to try. Instead of using the Quick corpus method, try opening the Corpus Manager and *dragging and dropping* files in the raw files tab and creating a corpus that way. My guess is that this will work.
@@AntLabJPN thanks again! I will give it a try. The thing that bothers me most if i run your app via command line the reply has something to do with an incomplete installation. When i get home i will make a screenshot with the message.
@@AntLabJPN Your sollution has finally worked for me. The promised screenshorts can be found at drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nw5XFCWSBr3X3iLAGCuibiQY5kEddrGF?usp=sharing the access will be closed in a few days
Professor Anthony, you are a Corpus Hero! I happened upon AntConc in 2016, having not even heard of corpus linguistics at the time. Your software and tutorials turned out to be the catalyst in my career and academic development as an English teacher and now applied linguist.
And AntConc keeps getting better! I like this new version, especially for the concordance sorting upgrades and the corpus manager, which speeds up and simplifies the loading process.
Thank you, sir.
Hi Michael. Thank you for such a kind message. I'm really happy to hear that you like the new version! You have made my day! 🙂
settings>tool settings>word and then click "show headword" and problem solved :D
Thank you for this good tutorial to a wonderful tool! We watched it in my linguistics class at a German university this morning. Great tool, I use it all the time.
That's great to hear! Check out the other tutorials for AntConc 4, too!
@@AntLabJPN We'll definitely watch all of them.
Thank you so much for making these videos. They really helped me with my seminar paper.
You're very welcome! That's great to hear.
Dr.A’s the BEST!
Thank you so much for this great tutorial! I'm looking forward to watching the other videos :)
You're very welcome, Yenny!
Amazing! You've got a psychologist like me doing linguistic analysis. Thank you.
That's so great to hear!
Thank you! This is helping me with my thesis.
That's great to know!
I have two questions about corpus tools. How many file can we upload for making corpus?
What would be the maximum size for a file to be uploaded for corpus? I mean what would be the limitations of AntConc or any other corpus tool about number of files or
Amazing!!!...you've got more buttons with great functions!!!
Thank you! I'm glad you like the new version.
Thank you professor.
I wish you can share how to use the reference corpus as I am doing corpus based approach on error analysis and I think that feature will help me a lot. Thank you Anthony.
Hi Siti. If you wait a few days, I'll be uploading Tutorial 9, which looks at keywords. In that video, I'll explain how to use a reference corpus.
My version 4.2.0 does not correspond to the one in the videos. When I choose file/ open no corpora can be seen. Please help
I suggest you watch the 4.2 tutorial videos. They are listed on the AntConc homepage: www.laurenceanthony.net/software/antconc/
I have two questions about corpus tools. How many file can we upload for making corpus?
What would be the maximum size for a file to be uploaded for corpus? I mean what would be the limitations of AntConc or any other corpus tool about number of files or size?
That's a great question. There really isn't any limit on the size or number of files that you can use. But, if you want to view the hits in a file in AntConc, it needs to load the entire file, which can be slow. So, loading files that are the length of a short book should be fine, but combining thousands of documents into a single file and using that to create a corpus is not recommended.
Hi Dr Anthony. you've done a great job, as usual. i need your help with the lemmalist. how do i get word from the same root in the wordlist tool to count it together? for example, if 3 abacus and 2 abacuses are passed in the text, how does the tool count them as 5 instead of counting them separately
Hi, Mert. Did you add your lemma list when you loaded your corpus in the Corpus Manager? You need to supply a list like the following:
headword member1 member2
where each word is separated by tabs
Let me know if this works.
I have the current version of AntConc. For some reason it does not allow me to choose these pre built data base files
Hi. Are you sure you are clicking on the name of corpus file (.db)?
it is very useful.
Thank you!
Stupid question: could it be used to study a corpus of source code for a particular computer language? could it be used to study a programming language?
I haven't heard of that use, but yes, AntConc could definitely be used to analyze computer languages. Perhaps you can post some of the results.
How can we use AntConc tool to find tag questions in corpus?
Sorry for the late reply. Can you define a tag question? If so, try to formulate it in a way that you can search for. The clearer the definition, the easier it will be to search. In a simple case, just search for "don't you" or "don t you" depending on how you created your corpus.
Hi Anthony, such a great video. However I would like to know how to put file into the software. You did not mention how to change file into db type as well.
Hi. Everything is explained in the help file. But, there are two ways. 1) Use the File->Open Files as "Quick Corpus". Here, you just select your files and AntConc will create a temporary database and show that. 2) Use the File->Open Corpus Manager option and then select the "Raw Files" option. Here, you can drag-drop or open your files into the list, name the corpus database, and then create your corpus. Then, you can access this named database or copy/distribute it as you like.
@@AntLabJPN Thank you for the explanation. Can I select multiple files too since I saw in your video, when you clicked the db file, it's automatically showed all txt files too. Or do you have suggestion how to do that as well?
@@kaylerninja In the raw files tab, you can select multiple files. AntConc will process them all and give you a single-file database, which appears in the pre-built corpus tab.
@@AntLabJPN Thank you Prof Anthony. Such a great help with this software for my research.
hi，May I know how to import BNC XML Edition into antconc4.0 as a reference corpus？ Thanks ！
Hi. Try loading a single file from the collection using the default settings. There is a good chance that all the text will be extracted directly and you can use it as is. If it doesn't work, reply back here.
Dear Prof. Laurence Anthony, I am a fourth year English major from Thammasat University who is now conducting research on lexical collocations. I am struggling with my tagged files. I watched your video posted 7 years ago. Still, the wild cards or search terms such as *_NN1 seem not to work with the recent version of AntConc. It would be my greatest pleasure if you could upload the video that illustrates how to deal with tagged files with the latest version of AntConc. Best regards.
By the way, I am truly appreciative of your software. It really saves my life during my research journey❤
@@littlemaewmeaw I've been planning to make a video to explain working with tagged data. But, for now, the simple instruction is to load your data via the File->Corpus Manager and choose the "simple_word_headword" option. If you do this, everything will be processed properly and then you can search for "*_NN1" and all the results will be clear.
@@AntLabJPN I can do it now! ❤ I owe you big time.
@@littlemaewmeaw That's great! Was it easy to do? I really should make a quick video tutorial to show this. I've just been a bit too busy lately.
@@AntLabJPN Personally it was. Well in that case, it would be very kind of you, but just be sure that you get no pressure from me :)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xa3 in position 1015405: invalid start byte
any solution?
Hi. This means that your files are not encoded in the default utf-8 encoding. Open the file shown in the warning and resave it as utf-8 to fix the problem.
Hi, if possible, I would like some help in regard to tagged corpora. I have tagged 2 different corpora and I would like to analyse them in Antconc. However, I cannot hide the tags. I have noticed, however, that the earlier versions, there is a hide tag option. The software is unstable, though, and I cannot work with it due to frequent lags. Is there any way I can work with tags on Antconc's latest version? Thank you.
Hi Dan. Assuming the tags are a standard form (e.g. dog_NN), go to File->Open Corpus Manager and choose the raw files options there. In the basic settings, choose the word_pos_headword indexer and click create. Then, you should have complete control over searching and viewing the tags in the main interface via the tool settings. I hope that helps!
@@AntLabJPN Thank you very much. I was struggling to hide the punctuation and numbers as well, but then I found out the option "filter words" under Global Settings and thus was able to create a document with the characters I wanted to hide using Notepad. You, sir, are a blessing. Thank you very much. I am writing a final paper for my graduate degree. Can I write your name on my "acknowledgements" page?
@@DaNOliveiraDaN That's great. And, yes, of course!
i dont have any prebuilt ones i only have one callled Alice... its very limited
Hi. If you go to the Corpus Manager, you'll see that you can download various corpora from the online repository. You can also load in your own data.
@@AntLabJPN thank you, Brilliant
Thank you Dr. Anthony for the new version and the informative tutorial. Is version 4 compatible with windows 32bit and 64bit ? Because I can't install it on my windows 10 32 bit.
Hi AntConc 4 is only built for Win 64 bit. If you need to run AntConc on Win32, you need to go back to an older AntConc 3x version. Sorry!
I think the software has now been updated again since this video was made. The corpus manager doesn't look like this anymore...Suggest a new tutorial but tnx for this great resource..
I suggest you watch the latest playlist:
ruclips.net/p/PLiRIDpYmiC0SjJeT2FuysOkLa45HG_tIu
this method is not applucable on antconc 4.1.2!
What do you mean?
@@AntLabJPN I could not excute these steps on antconc 4.1.2, which I find weird! (and is actually bugging! I could not execute any tiny command, not even looking for a specific word in the corpus I loaded!)
(not only me, but a whole promotion of M2 students at university of Algiers 2, around 300 students, facing the same problem)
@@sakhrinihal9981 Hi. I think you are probably making a basic mistake. First, make sure you can activate one of the default corpora, and generate KWIC results with that (e.g. searching for "the"). If you can do that, it means AntConc is running normally. Next, try to load *one* file from your corpus. Make sure that it is UTF-8 encoded. Then, again, search for a word in that file using the KWIC tool. If that is working, you have probably noticed your mistake.
thank you for your wonderful software! it looks amazing!!! I am using a linux version of it. My host OS is a gentoo derivative. The problem is that antconc (4.2.0) craches everytime I want to open as quick corpus it craches. The provided advice "gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache" does't help as i don't have such a file in my OS. Can you recommend any way to solve the problem? As for 3.5.* it works flawslessly
Hi. Sorry about the trouble you are having. Are you able to open and use the demo corpus? If this crashes too, I think I know the solution to your problem - you have probably saved AntConc in a location that does not have write access permissions.
@@AntLabJPN
Thanks for your reply. I am quite happy with the previous version of your software. As for the so called faulty version it fails whenever i press the menu button to open a corpus file. The file i wanted to attach was in my home folder anyway.
@@goodtry That's interesting. Here's something to try. Instead of using the Quick corpus method, try opening the Corpus Manager and *dragging and dropping* files in the raw files tab and creating a corpus that way. My guess is that this will work.
@@AntLabJPN thanks again! I will give it a try. The thing that bothers me most if i run your app via command line the reply has something to do with an incomplete installation.
When i get home i will make a screenshot with the message.
@@AntLabJPN Your sollution has finally worked for me. The promised screenshorts can be found at drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nw5XFCWSBr3X3iLAGCuibiQY5kEddrGF?usp=sharing
the access will be closed in a few days