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Searching corpora in #LancsBox: Practical activity 1

Task 1: searching using the KWIC tool in #LancsBox X

Now you can try uploading and searching corpora in #LancsBox yourself.

  1. If you haven’t done this already, download, extract and run #LancsBox [more info].
  2. Load the LOB corpus into #LancsBox [more info].
  3. Go to the KWIC tool in #LancsBox and start searching.
  4. Follow the instructions in Handout 1 (see Downloads below).
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