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1、AnnelieÄdel&RitaSimpson-Vlach,EnglishLanguageInstitute,UniversityofMichiganWordSmithTools4USERGUIDEWordSmithToolsconsistsofthreemainprograms:Concord,WordList,andKeyWords.ThemostcommonlyusedoftheseisConcord,anditisalsotheonewiththemostfeaturesandsettings,so
2、mostofthistutorialwillbefocusedonConcord.CONCORDConcordtakesasearchwordorphrase,andsearchesthroughasetofselectedfiles,returningalistof‘hits’forthesearchwordintheKWIC(keywordincontext)format,withonehitperline.Theresultsfromasearchalsoprovideinformationabout
3、collocatesofthesearchword;clusteranalysesshowingrepeatedclustersofwords(phrases);dispersionplotsshowingandwhereineachfilethesearchwordoccurs.OpenConcord§Æ1)OpenWordSmithToolsanddouble-clickonthe[Concord]button.ChoosetextswindowGotothe[File]menuandselect[Ne
4、w]withthegreenlightsymboltostartchoosingtexts.[Note:ThefirsttimeyouopenConcordthiswillcomeupautomatically.]Youwillbepromptedtochoosetexts.§Æ2)Clickthe[ChooseTextsNow]buttonandthe[ChooseTexts]windowwillappear.Thewindowtotheleft(called“Filesavailable”)listsa
5、llthereadablefilesinthecurrentlyselectedfolder.Ifyouwishtomovetoadifferentfolder,useregularWindowsprocedures.Holddown[Shift]andthearrowkeystomoveupordowninthe“Filesavailable”listifyouwishtochoosemorethanonetext.1AnnelieÄdel&RitaSimpson-Vlach,EnglishLanguag
6、eInstitute,UniversityofMichiganOnceyouhavemadeyourselectionandalltherelevanttextfilesarehighlighted,clickthebigbluearrowordragthemintothewindowtotheright(called“Filesselected”).It’simportantthatthetextsyouwanttoincludeinyoursearcharelistedintherightwindow,
7、justlikethe13filesinthescreenshotbelow,ortheywillnotcountaschosen.Whenyouhavechosenallthetexts,clickonthegreen[√]inthetoprightcornerandyouwillbetakentothe[Gettingstarted]window.Notethatwhenyouwishtoreselectanewsetoffiles,firstclickthe[ClearAll]buttonwithpi
8、nkhorizontallinesunderthegreen[√],orthepreviouslyselectedfileswillnotberemoved.§Æ3)NavigatetothefolderwiththeHylandcorpusonit,andselectall240texts.‘GettingStarted…’windowThe‘GettingStarted…’windowdisplaysyour