Search for frequent phrases

[A. Smith]

How could I search for any given phrase of 3-5 words that occurs repeatedly through the gnt (or within a subset). It seems like searching for a repeated string of wildcards, or something like that. The goal is to identify the most common phrases within the GNT (or wherever, as I’m sure the search would be transferable).

[jarcher]

I've used a combination of a construct search and [iNFER] for this. It takes a long time but it works.

 

I'll see if I can reproduce it.

[jarcher]

This may give you a start...

 

[A. Smith]

This may give you a start...

 

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That is a good start. Better than what I was working with. Thank you. 

[mgvh]

The now-deceased BibleWorks used to have a "Keyword in Context" option where you entered a word, specified a Bible range, indicated how many words to look to the left and to the right, whether it needed any morphological matching, and it would return a listing of words by frequency that show up in the context of the specified word.

They also had a Phrase Matching Tool where you entered a verse or range of verses, specified a phrase length, allowed for a specified gap between words, and it would return all the verses that had a similar phrase.

They also had a Related Verses Tool where you entered a verse, and it would display all the words in that verse. You selected which words you were looking for matches, specified how many words had to match, and it would return all the related verses.

 

@ASmith: If you give me an example of what you were looking for, I can use BW to see what results it renders, and that can help you form your search in Accordance.

[A. Smith]

The now-deceased BibleWorks used to have a "Keyword in Context" option where you entered a word, specified a Bible range, indicated how many words to look to the left and to the right, whether it needed any morphological matching, and it would return a listing of words by frequency that show up in the context of the specified word.

They also had a Phrase Matching Tool where you entered a verse or range of verses, specified a phrase length, allowed for a specified gap between words, and it would return all the verses that had a similar phrase.

They also had a Related Verses Tool where you entered a verse, and it would display all the words in that verse. You selected which words you were looking for matches, specified how many words had to match, and it would return all the related verses.

 

@ASmith: If you give me an example of what you were looking for, I can use BW to see what results it renders, and that can help you form your search in Accordance.

 

I appreciate the offer. I'm not looking for any particular phrase. Just wanting to get some actual data on what some of the most common phrases are of various lengths. The construct search above has turned out to be a good start and quite flexible to scratch where I'm itching. Thanks again. 

[jarcher]

The now-deceased BibleWorks used to have a "Keyword in Context" option where you entered a word, specified a Bible range, indicated how many words to look to the left and to the right, whether it needed any morphological matching, and it would return a listing of words by frequency that show up in the context of the specified word.

They also had a Phrase Matching Tool where you entered a verse or range of verses, specified a phrase length, allowed for a specified gap between words, and it would return all the verses that had a similar phrase.

They also had a Related Verses Tool where you entered a verse, and it would display all the words in that verse. You selected which words you were looking for matches, specified how many words had to match, and it would return all the related verses.

 

This would be a very interesting construct search to construct and save (and share).

 

I'd be interesting in seeing an example to see if I can reproduce in Accordance.