Customized Settings

This tool allows the user to select, rename and group the lexical units (words, lemmas or categories) to be included in the T-LAB analyses.

All the lexical units with an occurrence value which is equal or superior to the preset threshold are listed (list 1).
Some of these, that is those indicated with "v", belong to a sub-list (list 2) create by T-LAB (see automatic settings).

Depending on the analyses to be performed, the user can decide whether to use/modify the more extended list (1) or the sub-list (2) of the T-LAB key terms.

In both cases the operations available are the following:

• change the threshold value (just type it in the appropriate box and click the "change" button);

• select which lemmas are to be excluded from analysis (just double-click on items);

• restore one or more lemmas for use (just click on the individual items contained in the box Discarded Lemmas);

• select/deselect items.

By clicking either the "use list (1)" or the "use list (2)" button the customized option of Analysis Settings is enabled.

In order to change the label (i.e. rename) of a single lemma, proceed as follows:
1. be sure that the "SELECTED ITEM" option is selected;
2. click on an item of the list;
3. select (i.e. click) one word or type a new label in the appropriate box:
4. click on "REPLACE".

In order to group two or more lemmas, proceed as follows:
1. be sure that the "GROUPS" option is selected;
2. click on two or more items of the list;
3. select (i.e. click) one lemma or type a new label in the appropriate box;
4. click on "REPLACE".

A specific button (see below) allows you to import customized lists of key-terms.
Each list to be imported, named MyList.diz, can include up a maximum of 5.000 records (min = 20) and must be located in same folder of your corpus.
Each record of your list must be a single word with no spaces and no punctuation marks.

The settings of each analysis (up to a maximum of 10) can be saved and restored. That means that the same corpus - without need of further importation - can be analysed with several dictionaries and various word selections ("Dictionary to Restore" options).

T-LAB allows customized settings to be carried out and modified over several sessions, even after operations like Dictionary building. As soon as the option is used for a second time on the same corpus, the following message appears: