WEEK 9: SUMMARY AND REFLECTION ON CONCORDANCE

SUMMARY ON CONCORDANCE from afiqah rosa khadijah awatif

REFLECTION ON CONCORDANCE

Concordancer is a basic tool used in corpus linguistics. It is a software for text analysis where it constructs a concordance which is a collection of the occurrences of word-form or word list. Some examples of concordance software are The Oxford Concordance Program  (OCP), Word Cruncher, TACT, The Child Language Analysis (CLAN), COALA and LMC (The Longman Mini Concordancer). Concordance is very useful and it has been used in language learning and teaching and other language research because concordance makes word lists,  arrange it, and calculate the frequency and percentage of the words based on different categories we want for example collocation, idioms proverb and so on. This is very beneficial as we can know easily one’s idiosyncrasy and this is useful in analyzing renowned writers’ works.   

Nowadays, everything that we want is always available and even some it’s just a click away. Many modern and advanced technologies have been developed by the experts in order to make human life easier. In this particular language field, concordance has been known and proven in making our works easy and simple. It is to make sure that people will not be lagged in terms of education and knowledge and will be through in achieving success and victory.

Concordancer as we all know comes in many versions of texts and language. The function is not only limited to English Language but it also has been developed to study the Arabic language.  So, there are no more excuses for those who reluctant or lazy to understand Al-Quran because concordance for instance provides the best method in analyzing the Arabic words in the Qur’an. Hence, it helps us to understand the Holy Quran better in an interactive mode. Furthermore, researchers and linguists can easily find the materials that they want. Moreover, not only researchers and professionals can reach for the function, but also for language beginners like students and normal people can have the access to it. Nevertheless of status, age, religion and occupation, we are strongly recommended by Allah s.w.t to find and discover the good knowledge, because only with knowledge, people can easily see the light and the true path of God.