Coding Programs
The following are programs which allow you to assign features to
segments
of text:
| Name |
Author |
Description |
| UAM
CorpusTool |
Mick O'Donnell |
A tool that facilitates the linguistic annotation of a text
corpora. The user specifies
multiple layers of analysis (e.g., Document, Sentence, Clause, Group,
etc.) and annotates each text at
that layer.
The user can then perform search across layers (e.g., passive-clause in
english; finite-clause containing pronoun:subject).
Statistical studies can also be performed on the corpus, currently in
terms of constrastive statistics
between two subsets. CorpusTool will also produce statistics on lexical
density of texts.
Platform: Windows, MacOSX
Cost: Free.
Website: http://www.wagsoft.com/CorpusTool/index.html |
| SysFan |
Christian Matthiessen,
Canzhong Wu |
Description: SysFan is a computational tool that
facilitates
the systemic-functional analysis of texts. SysFan allows you to analyse
the texts lexicogrammatically by making selections from menus, fields
or
networks, and saves the records into a database, which can then be
browsed,
modified or searched. The search results can be statistically displayed
or exported to those in a form compatible to statistical packages such
as MS Word, or Microsoft Excel.
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Cost: Free.
Website:
here |
| Systemics |
Kevin Judd,
Kay O'Halloran |
Description: Systemics is designed to allow efficient
and comprehensive
discourse analysis of text from the perspective of Systemic Functional
Linguistics (SFL). Systemics is designed to be used for both academic
and
postgraduate research and also for the teaching of SFL in undergraduate
and postgraduate courses. However, as the pre-programmed grammar in
Systemics
can be modified, the discourse analysis undertaken with this software
can
incorporate other theoretical perspectives.
Platforms: All platforms.
Available: From March 2002.
Cost: ASEAN Countries: $SGD60 ($SGD45 for students).
Others:
US $45/AUD $65.
Distributor: Singapore
University Press.
Website: http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/ellkoh/Overview.html
Contact: Email Kay O'Halloran ellkoh@nus.edu.sg. |
| Grammar
Explorer |
John Bateman |
Description: A tool for coding text examples, or for
exploring
KPML grammars. One can type in individual sentences, or specify a text
file to load, with segment boundaries indicated. Results can be saved
for
later processing. One can use either an existing KPML (see below)
grammar,
or write your own.
Platforms: Windows, Linux/Unix (On Linux/Unix requires
Franz
Allegro Common Lisp (4.3 or better) and the Common Lisp Interface
Manager
(CLIM 2.0 or better) are required to compile and run this source)
Cost: Free.
Website: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/langpro/kpml/tools/grexplorer/grexplorer.htm |
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