Contents of this chapter:
What's New in CorpusSearch 2
changes to the query language
In previous versions of CorpusSearch, subqueries had to be appended one at a time, like this:
query: ((((A function B) AND (C function D)) AND (E function F)) AND (G function H))
query: (A function B) AND (C function D) AND (E function F) AND (G function H)
additions to the query language
In previous versions of CS, the only query conjunction was "AND". CorpusSearch 2 has added "OR" and "NOT".new node boundary
There is a new node-boundary option, $ROOT, which is a variable that stands for the root node of a matrix sentence (token), whatever its label may be. Even in cases where the root node has no label, it can be referred to with $ROOT.
new search functions
new search functions include: These search functions have new algorithms: Also, search functions that take an integer argument no longer have the argument jammed onto the end of the function name, but are written with a space before the argument. For example, instead of:(WRONG!) query: (CODING column2 q)
you should now write this:
query: (CODING column 2 q)
These functions are affected:
new printing commands
changes to coding
Coding is now performed once per boundary node, instead of once per sentence (token).Also, the command "coding_query:" must now appear before the coding query.
new capabilities
CorpusSearch 2 includes lexicon building, automated corpus revision, and local-frames production.
discontinued functions