Glossa: a Multilingual, Multimodal, Configurable User Interface

We describe a web-based corpus query system, Glossa, which combines the expressiveness of regular query languages with the user-friendliness of a graphical interface. Since corpus users are usually linguists with little interest in technical matters, we have developed a system where the user need not have any prior knowledge of the search system. Furthermore, no previous knowledge of abbreviations for metavariables such as part of speech and source text is needed. All searches are done using checkboxes, pull-down menus, or writing simple letters to make words or other strings. Querying for more than one word is simply done by adding an additional query box, and for parts of words by choosing a feature such as "start of word". The Glossa system also allows a wide range of viewing and post-processing options. Collocations can be viewed and counted in a number of ways, and be viewed as different kinds of graphical charts. Further annotation and deletion of single results for fu...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: LREC
• Authors: Lars Nygaard, Joel Priestley, Anders Nøklestad, Janne Bondi Johannessen
• Keywords: Education, LREC 2008, Regular Query Languages, Web-based Corpus Query, Wide Range