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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a freeware, multiplatform corpus analysis toolkit for the technical writing classroom
AU - Anthony, Laurence
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This paper describes the development of the AntConc corpus analysis toolkit, originally designed for use in a technical writing course at Osaka University, Japan, but now adopted in institutions throughout the world as an easy-to-use, freeware, multiplatform alternative to the many commercial concordance programs. First, I will explain how the software was originally tailored to the needs of students in the Osaka writing course and later to a general audience through the requests and feedback from teachers and students around the world. Then, I will give an overview of tools in the most recent version of AntConc and explain their value using examples from the classroom. Finally, I will discuss some of the software's limitations and future developments, and suggest applications in professional communication
AB - This paper describes the development of the AntConc corpus analysis toolkit, originally designed for use in a technical writing course at Osaka University, Japan, but now adopted in institutions throughout the world as an easy-to-use, freeware, multiplatform alternative to the many commercial concordance programs. First, I will explain how the software was originally tailored to the needs of students in the Osaka writing course and later to a general audience through the requests and feedback from teachers and students around the world. Then, I will give an overview of tools in the most recent version of AntConc and explain their value using examples from the classroom. Finally, I will discuss some of the software's limitations and future developments, and suggest applications in professional communication
U2 - 10.1109/TPC.2006.880753
DO - 10.1109/TPC.2006.880753
M3 - Journal article
VL - 49
SP - 275
EP - 286
JO - IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
JF - IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
IS - 3
ER -