Corpus Preparation

In the case of a single document (or a corpus considered as a single text) T-LAB needs no further work: just select the Import a single file.. and proceed as explained in the corresponding section of this manual.

When, on the other hand, the corpus is made up of various texts and/or categorical variables are used, the Corpus Builder tool must be used, which automatically transforms any textual material and various types of files (i.e. up to eleven different formats) into a corpus file ready to be imported by T-LAB.

N.B.:

- we advise an orthographic review of the material to be analysed. Moreover, if some important acronyms are spaced out from punctuation (e.g. "U.N.") their transformation in single string (e.g. "U_N") is recommended; this is because, in the normalization phase, T-LAB interprets the punctuation marks like separators;

- at the end of the corpus preparation phase it is recommended that a new folder be created which should contain only the corpus to be imported.