Tabbed output is intended to be saved for import into a database
system such as kfNgramDB or
Microsoft Access. Usual limits on dataset size do not apply, but please be
gentle on our server. Test your query with normal output before
selecting this option, and retain query details for future reference.
- Wildwords match 0 or 1 word-form next to other
word-forms
| + |
Required word – matches exactly 1 word-form
the + days
matches
the
old days, the good days, the bad days... |
| ~ |
Optional word – matches 0 or 1 word-form
the ~ days
matches
the days, the
old days, the good days, the bad days...
[~ matches 0 or 1
word-forms]
the ~ ~ days
matches
the days, the old days, the
good days, the good old days...
[~ ~
matches 0, 1 or 2 word forms] |
For example, to match ____, enter...
- all 3-grams + + +
- 4-grams beginning with the only the only + +
- 3- or 4-grams beginning with the only the only +
~
- Wildcards match 0 or more characters within a word-form
| * |
0 or more characters
nation*
matches
nation, nations, national, nationalistic, nationalise... |
| ? |
Exactly 1 character
s?ng matches
sing, sang, sung, song... |
- Put - before a word-form or POS-code to exclude it from the query:
-sly{AJ?} fox
matches phrases with any adjective but sly
modifying fox.
+-{AJ?} fox
matches phrases with any word class but adjective
preceding fox.
- Enclose alternate word-forms in [ ] and separate them with
spaces:
[fly flies flying flew flown]{VV?}
matches any form of the verb fly
(without the POS-code it matches the noun and adjective
as well).
- Enclose POS codes in { } following the word or wildword to
which they apply. Separate alternate POS codes to match with & inside the
{ },
e.g. {PN?&N??} matches any pronoun or noun. If more than one POS code is
inserted after a (wild)word via the drop-down box, they are combined
automatically. Explain POS Codes
- Simple search normalizes query phrases before submission. "Multiword units"
(MWU) are combined with _ into a single word-form (a great deal becomes a_great_deal) and
"fused forms"
are expanded (don't becomes do n't). The normalized forms then appear in the "Phrase to find"
field.
Explanation Fused
MWU
List Fused
MWU
- No more than 8 words (including wildwords) per phrase after normalization
are supported.
- Choose Advanced Search to specify different
options for sorting sequence.
- A new window
is launched for each potential combination of word forms. Simple
Search does not work if a pop-up window blocker is active. If you specify several optional wildwords
(~), the number of new windows can be
large.
- If at least one of the tamekey options is selected, unhyphenated variants will be queried as
well. For example, data-base will attempt to match database
if "matches null too" is selected
and / or data base if "matches space too" is selected.
- To insert a POS code at any position but the end of a search phrase, place the cursor (Internet Explorer)
or enter a | at the desired location (other browsers).