The
following are just a few sample searches, but they should give you an idea of
what you can do with the corpus. Links to video tutorials below
are indicated by
. (Note that the videos
use an earlier form of the interface, but the searches are still very similar).
SEARCHING BY SPEAKER (
Creating lists)
WHICH SPEAKERS USE A WORD OR PHRASE THE MOST?
(all speakers)
communism,
gods,
women,
apostate*,
intellectuals,
tender mercies,
ponder,
Kolob,
Word of Wisdom
(Presidents of Church)
communism,
women,
Book of Mormon,
Word of Wisdom,
eternal life of man
(Current)
communism,
women,
Book of Mormon,
Word of Wisdom,
eternal life of man
SEARCH FOR WORD/PHRASE IN TALKS BY CERTAIN SPEAKER(S)
Directly:
Joseph F. Smith: tith*,
Ezra Taft Benson: commun*,
Dallin H Oaks: gender,
Neal A Maxwell: *al NOUN, or
Brigham Young: the gods.
Create Virtual Corpus first: Benson:
communis*,
Hinckley:
marvelous,
Maxwell:
meek*,
HJGrant: liquor|tobacco,
BYoung:
Adam,
Women:
sweet
WHAT WORDS CHARACTERTIZE THE SPEECH OF CERTAIN SPEAKERS? (e.g. nouns,
adjectives)
Monson (n),
Uchtdorf (n),
Hinckley (j),
Benson (n),
BYoung (j),
Maxwell (j),
RGScott (n),
Women (n)