Antconc Corpus -

AntConc is a free, multi-platform developed by Laurence Anthony. It is used by linguists, educators, and researchers to perform "distant reading" by analyzing patterns across large collections of digital texts. Core Capabilities

: Finds words that have a statistically significant tendency to occur near each other, helping to identify semantic associations. Antconc Corpus

: Shows the full raw text of a file with specific search terms highlighted. AntConc is a free, multi-platform developed by Laurence

The software is organized into seven primary tools, accessible via tabs at the top of the interface: : Shows the full raw text of a

: Counts the frequency of every word in the corpus, typically sorted from most to least frequent.

: Generates a "Key Word In Context" (KWIC) list, showing every instance of a target word centered in a snippet of text to reveal its usage patterns.

: Compares the frequency of words in your "Target Corpus" against a "Reference Corpus" (a larger, general-language dataset) to identify words that are uniquely characteristic of your specific texts. Teach-A-Tool Series: AntConc Corpus Analysis Tool