How to get a list of all verbs in multiple transcripts after generating the .cex files?

[Lulu]

Happy New Year to all!

I would like to identify all the verbs used in my transcripts. To do this, I have already run MOR and POST and generated .cex files. I suppose I then need to run KWAL on the .cex files (is that correct?). However, I'm not sure how to specify the part of speech that I am interested in.

Thank you in advance!

Best,

Lulu 

[Brian MacWhinney]

Dear Lulu,

     The simplest version of the necessary command is 

freq +t%mor +s"v|*" *.cha +u

This gives you all the main verbs, broken up by speakers.  If you only want the child, you would add +t*CHI.  If you also want aux, mod, and cop, then you need to add +s”aux*|” etc.

— Brian MacWhinney

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[Lulu]

Dear Brian,

Thanks so much for the quick response!

Just to confirm - after running POST, I got a .cex file for each .cha file. But as your command suggests, I still should use the .cha files, not the .cex files. If so, what
is the use of the .cex files?

Best,

Lulu

[Brian MacWhinney]

Dear Lulu,

     MOR creates .cex by default, but when I use MOR and POST, I use them in combination with the +1 switch, so that my final file is still a .cha file.  Whenever I do this, I keep copies of the directories along the way to make sure I have backups, if I make mistakes.

—Brian

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[Lulu]

Dear Brian,

Somehow I typed "+l" instead of "+1" in my post command and got the .cex files. Your explanation is very helpful! Thanks so much!

Have a great weekend,

Lulu