Tools for Corpus Linguistics

A hopefully comprehensive list of currently 280 tools used in corpus compilation and analysis.

This list is kept up to date by its users. Hence, please feel free to contribute by suggesting new tools.

You can also make suggestions, e.g., corrections, regarding individual tools by clicking the symbol. As this is a non-commercial side (side, side) project, checking and incorporating updates usually takes some time.

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Top 25 Tags

All Tags
concordancer 47
annotation 43
visualization 29
tagging 20
text analysis 20
pos tagger 18
wordlists 16
statistics 12
compilation 11
keywords 11
collocation 10
qda 10
readability 8
lexis 8
parser 8
tokenizer 8
frequency analysis 7
language learning 6
analysis 6
web-based 6
mixed methods 6
spoken 6
crawler 5
language teaching 5
xml 5

There is also a comprehensive list of all tags in the database.


Tools [spoken]

Tool Description Tags Platforms Pricing
DisMo An automatic multi-level annotator for spoken language corpora.spoken, multilevel, multi-layer, pos tagger, annotation, tagging
f4analyse QDA software specifically geared towards interview (spoken) dataqda, spokenWindows, Mac, LinuxCommercial
f4transkript Software for transcribing audio datatranscription, spokenWindows, Max, LinuxCommercial
Praaline Praaline is a system for metadata management, annotation, visualisation and analysis of spoken language corpora.speech, prosody, spoken, annotation, concordancer, search, visualization, converter, analysisWindows, Mac, LinuxFree / Open Source (GPL3)
PRAAT A tool for doing phonetics by computerphonetics, spokenWindows, Mac, LinuxOpen Source
SPPAS A tool for the automatic annotation and analysis of speech.speech, spoken, annotationWindows, Mac, LinuxFree, Open Source

Last Updated: February 29, 2024.

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