This option is identical to the simple search on the BASIC tab.
Finds words which match the search word(s) or whose lemma (base form) matches the search word. It is not case sensitive.
Type a word or phrase. Use an asterisk (*) for any number of unspecified characters. Use a question mark (?) for exactly one unspecified character. Use the pipe (|) to include more than one word or phrase. Use two hyphens (--) to search for a word that can be hyphenated, non-hyphenated or spelt as two separate words.
use | to find |
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m* | words or lemmas beginning m- |
*ing | words or lemmas ending -ing |
have a * idea | unspecified word or lemma |
have * * * idea | three unspecified words or lemmas |
???t | 4-letter words or lemmas ending -t |
multi--billion | find multi-billion or multi-billion or multi billion |
return|go back | find return or go back |
Type a lemma to find all word forms of the lemma. Regular expressions are supported.
use | to find |
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go | go goes went going gone |
b.* | be, was, beaches, big, bigger (words whose lemma begins b-) |
Finds a multi-word phrase exactly as typed. Regular expressions are supported.
Finds a specific word form exactly as typed. Regular expressions are supported.
use | to find |
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go | go |
goes | goes |
Finds tokens containing a specific character or a string of characters.
use | to find |
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ck | flicks trafficking quick ... |
The Corpus Query Language is used for complex searches of lexical and grammatical structures and for searches with unspecific criteria. more»