Using the BNC with SARA
This sections contains a quick-guide to searching the BNC with SARA in the form of some sample queries. The intention is not to provide a comprehensive collection but mainly to illustrate how you, by using SARA, can make use of some of the annotation in the BNC. Try the queries to get used to the program or use them as a starting point to finding the information you need. There is often more than one way to make a particular search. For more detailed information about the SARA functions, see the SARA manual Information about how to obtain and install SARA can be found on the SARA page.
Use the links to the left to access a particular example. You can also go through the list by clicking Next below.
Start using BNC with SARA
Once you have installed SARA and the corpus you can start using them. This section illustrates some of the core features of SARA such as how to make a simple search and how to display and post-process the result.
Starting the program
When you start SARA a box About SARA should appear. Click on
OK (if you are using the BNC on a server you will be prompted for your
username and password). After a few seconds, you will see either a list of
the texts in the corpus (letters and numbers), or a minimized window labelled
BNC2 at the bottom of the SARA screen (you can expand this to see the
list of texts). This shows that the program has accessed the corpus and you can now start
searching it. Problems
starting SARA?
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