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The point of it

 

The idea (from Paul Raper) is to be able to follow up a collocate by requesting a new concordance based on it, in the same text files as selected for the collocate. This aids exploration of related words.

 

How to do it

 

Here is an example, where there is a collocate list relating to LADY (from Romeo and Juliet).

 

collocates_of_LADY

Select a word of interest, such as LOVE,and select Follow collocate in the Compute menu.

 

follow_collocate_menu_item

 

You will now be asked whether you want a concordance of the word selected (here LOVE) using the same text file(s). If you agree you'll also be asked whether you want to restrict the search so that it finds LOVE only in contexts similar to your previously concordance (LADY nearby). If you do want it restricted you get results like

 

colloc_follow_require_context

and if not, a search on LOVE in the same text file(s):

 

colloc_follow_not_require_context

 

The search is carried out on the most recently selected text files (selected using the file-choose window or by reading in a saved concordance).