Software

AntConc

AntConc

A freeware corpus analysis toolkit for concordancing and text analysis.

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AntConc 3x series

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AntCorGen

AntCorGen

A freeware discipline-specific corpus creation tool.

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AntFileConverter

AntFileConverter

A freeware tool to convert PDF and Word (DOCX) files into plain text for use in corpus tools like AntConc.

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AntFileSplitter

AntFileSplitter

A freeware text file splitting tool.

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AntGram

AntGram

A freeware n-gram and p-frame (open-slot n-gram) generation tool. The functionality of this tool has now been added to AntConc including improvements. I recommend you use AntConc for future work.

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AntMover

AntMover

A freeware text structure (moves) analysis program.

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AntPConc

AntPConc

A freeware **parallel** corpus analysis toolkit for concordancing and text analysis using UTF-8 encoded text files.

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AntWordProfiler

AntWordProfiler

A freeware tool for profiling the vocabulary level and complexity of texts.

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AntWordProfiler 1x series

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AntCLAWSGUI

AntCLAWSGUI

A front-end interface to the CLAWS tagger developed at Lancaster University, UCREL.

Note that you must have CLAWS installed before you can use AntCLAWSGUI. See the help file.

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EncodeAnt

EncodeAnt

A freeware tool for detecting and converting character encodings.

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FireAnt

FireAnt

FireAnt (Filter, Identify, Report, and Export Analysis Toolkit) is a freeware social media and data analysis toolkit with built-in visualization tools including time-series, geo-position (map), and network (graph) plotting. Note that Twitter data collection is not currently available due to recent changes in Twitter policies.

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ProtAnt

ProtAnt

A freeware prototypical text analysis tool (developed in collaboration with Paul Baker of Lancaster University).

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Picture Vocabulary Size Test (PVST)

Picture Vocabulary Size Test (PVST)

A receptive vocabulary size test using picture choices and oral and written cues designed for pre-literate or literate native speakers and non-native speakers of English. The 20,000 level version can be used with native-speakers of any age. The test was created in collaboration with Paul Nation of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Remember to download BOTH the main program and one or more test sets.

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Downloads (main program):

The main program comes with a 5-item sample test.

Downloads (test sets):

Download any of the following tests and unzip them into the "tests" folder of PVST to use them with the program. The naming scheme is as follows: pvst_{test type}_{start level}_{end level}_{items}_{variation}_{speaker nationality}_{gender}_{version}

6,000 level

20,000 level

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SarAnt

SarAnt

A freeware batch search and replace tool.

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SegmentAnt

SegmentAnt

A freeware Japanese and Chinese segmenter (segmentation/tokenizing) tool. The functionality of this tool has now been added to TagAnt including improvements. I recommend you use TagAnt for future work.

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TagAnt

TagAnt

A freeware, multi-language segmenter and Part-Of-Speech (POS) tagger.

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VariAnt

VariAnt

A freeware spelling VariAnt analysis program.

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AntQuickTools

A set of simple and easy-to-use online corpus tools designed for in-class Data-Driven Learning (DDL) activities.

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ALC Text Toolkit

A concordance tool for assisting EFL learners in Japan with technical writing. The software is distributed in the textbook "Writing for Science and Engineering" (ALC Press). ALC Text Toolkit was developed by Laurence ANTHONY (Waseda University, Japan) in collaboration with the ALC Press, Tokyo, Japan.

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CASEC G/GTS

A (commercial) learning environment for teaching grammar and vocabulary to EFL learners in Japan. The CASEC G/GTS engine was develop by Laurence ANTHONY (Waseda University, Japan) in collaboration with the Japan Institute for Educational Measurement (JIEM), Tokyo, Japan.

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ENEJE

A web-based interface to the ENEJE (English Native Edited Japanese Essays) Parallel Corpus. The ENEJE Parallel Corpus is developed by Laurence ANTHONY (Waseda University, Japan) in collaboration with Nozomi MIKI (Komazawa University, Japan).

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EXEMPRAES

A web-based interface to the EXEMPRAES (Exemplary Empirical Research Articles in English and Spanish) Corpus. The EXEMPRAES Parallel Corpus is developed by Laurence ANTHONY (Waseda University, Japan) in collaboration with Ana Moreno (University of Leon, Spain).

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  • To be released shortly.

WebParaNews

A web-based interface to the Japanese-English News Articles database of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). WebParaNews is developed in collaboration with Kiyomi CHUJO (Nihon University, Japan).

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WebScore

A freeware, parallel concordancer that allows users to check word and phrase usage in an English and Japanese educational corpus. WebSCoRE is developed by Laurence ANTHONY (Waseda University, Japan) in collaboration with Kiyomi CHUJO (Nihon University, Japan).

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Word Family Finder

A simple tool to query the word family lists created by Paul Nation that are used in vocabulary profiling tools such as AntWordProfiler and Range.

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