: Provides a visual representation of where a word appears throughout a file or entire corpus, highlighting clusters or specific areas of density.
The software is organized into seven primary tools, accessible via tabs at the top of the interface: Antconc Corpus
: Finds words that have a statistically significant tendency to occur near each other, helping to identify semantic associations. : Provides a visual representation of where a
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 It is used by linguists, educators, and researchers
: Counts the frequency of every word in the corpus, typically sorted from most to least frequent.
: 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