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Specify your lemma list in the main Controller.

 

In the following case a lemma list was used and lemma search specified, with a concordance on the word abandon:

 

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with these results showing which form of the lemma was used in the Set column.

 

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In the collocate window below, the red line in row 1 indicates that the 140 cases of ABANDON include other forms such as 78 cases of ABANDONED and 19 of ABANDONING (greyed out below).

 

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The red mark by BE (row 5) shows that this row gives collocation numbers covering all forms of BE such as WAS, WERE etc. Similarly, HAVE and A are lemmatised in this screenshot.

Thus, for your search-word and its variants you can see detailed frequencies. To see the various lemma forms, choose View | Show joined items.

 

 

  

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