Specialising

This slot in the program offers you a chance to spend some time on what you feel is most useful for you at this stage. The list below offers some suggestions.

More BNC with Xaira

Return to the exercises we did before lunch and/or explore the other Xaira-related material on the BNC website.

Working with Varney

Explore the language of literature in the Varney corpus. If you did not index all three versions, you may choose to return to the indexing exercise.

Exploring my corpus with Xaira

Index and explore your own corpus with Xaira. What functions that you can use with the BNC are you missing (if any)? How do the decisions you made when indexing affect what you can do with the corpus?

Advanced Xaira indexing

The Xaira indexing wizard is a useful starting point, but for more advanced and specialized tasks you will need to use the Xaira Tools options.

My Xaira exercise

Design the Xaira exercise(s) you want to use or would have liked to see.

Online interfaces to the BNC

Explore some alternative ways to searching the BNC (and some other web-based corpora). List of links

I would like to know...

If you have any questions that you would like to discuss, feel free to approach the course organisers (by email after the event if we are busy on the day). Also take this opportunity to exchange ideas and suggestions with the other participants.

If you decide to write your own exercises, instructions, or material we are happy to make them available on the workshop website.

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