Description:
Corpus analysis toolkit for concordancing and text analysis
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Type: Cask
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Latest Version: 4.3.1@0
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Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Productivity
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Tags:
linguistics
corpus-analysis
text-analysis
concordance
research
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Install:
brew install --cask antconc
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About:
AntConc is a standalone tool for concordancing and text analysis, enabling linguistics researchers to explore language patterns in text corpora. It provides essential features for building and analyzing word lists, concordance lines, and n-grams. The software is widely used in corpus linguistics for its cross-platform compatibility and user-friendly interface.
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Key Features:
- Concordance viewer for searching and analyzing word patterns in context
- N-gram and cluster generation for identifying recurring word sequences
- Word list and keyword list creation for frequency analysis
- Collocation analysis to study word associations
- Support for multiple text encodings and file formats
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Use Cases:
- Linguistics research and discourse analysis
- Language teaching and learning materials development
- Literary analysis and stylometry
- Translation studies and parallel corpus analysis
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Alternatives:
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Sketch Engine
– Web-based corpus query tool with extensive pre-built corpora, but requires subscription
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LancsBox
– Free corpus analysis tool with similar features, Windows-focused with different UI approach
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CQPweb
– Web-based concordance system, often institution-hosted with server-side processing
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| Aug 2, 2025 1:34pm |
4.3.1 |
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| Jul 30, 2024 11:16pm |
4.3.1 |
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4.2.4 |
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| Sep 16, 2023 2:51pm |
4.2.3 |
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4.2.0 |
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| Oct 27, 2022 2:42am |
4.1.4 |
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| Sep 27, 2022 10:35pm |
4.1.2 |
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