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xjzhou
2007-05-16, 05:10 PM
Both wordSmith & AntConc can be used for word concordaces. They are very similar in their functions. It seems WordSmith is used more widely in corpus studies. If i want to do research on collocations, which one should i use?
armstrong
2007-05-16, 06:43 PM
Both of the two tools can help you do research on collocations, and WST4.0 can provide more statistical measures than AntConc, for AntConc only has MI and T-value statistical measures, but WST4.0 has five measures.
Haiyang
2007-05-17, 05:22 PM
AntConc is free of charge. WordSmith Tool is commercial software. Antconc is capable of doing many tasks.
xjzhou
2007-05-17, 09:29 PM
A million thanks. It's so good to see the post get a reply. Feel warm!
xjzhou
2007-05-17, 09:37 PM
Both of the two tools can help you do research on collocations, and WST4.0 can provide more statistical measures than AntConc, for AntConc only has MI and T-value statistical measures, but WST4.0 has five measures.

Thank you, armstrong. It's shameful that i don't know AntConc has MI and T-value statistical measures. Could you tell me how to get MI and T-value in AntConc?
xjzhou
2007-05-17, 09:46 PM
AntConc is free of charge. WordSmith Tool is commercial software. Antconc is capable of doing many tasks.

Thank you,Haiyang. I have AntConc and WS 3.0 at hand. Different tools generate different statistical results for the same file. Since they are similar, i just choose one i like?
armstrong
2007-05-17, 10:09 PM
the past posts answered the similar question,please search them and you'll get the answer.

Good luck!