Developing Multi-functional Web-based Search Tools for English Corpus Linguistics

目标：本项目旨在开发三种类型的搜索工具，可以处理(1)语义信息，(2)美国电影的声音和动态图像，(3)互联网上的文本数据。这些工具可以在互联网上免费获得，并有望为英语语料库语言学家做出贡献。结果：(1)软件开发和发布：我成功开发了以下三种软件工具，并在Web上免费发布。(i)在英语词汇数据库框架网中搜索语义信息的FrameSQL， http://sato.fm.senshu-u.ac.jp/fn2_13/notes/index.html（ii）搜索DVD电影的电影剧本并访问DVD电影中使用搜索短语的场景的TripleM_CorpusTool， http://sato.fm.senshu-u.ac.jp/_web/DVD/index.html（iii）将互联网搜索引擎的搜索结果重新格式化为KWIC格式的GugleFormatter2，http://sato.fm.senshu-u.ac.jp/_web/gugleFormatter/index.html(2)与其他研究合作…更多项目：我参与了两个研究项目，即国际计算机科学研究所的伯克利框架网项目（伯克利，CA, http://framenet.icsi.berkeley.edu/）和巴塞罗那自治大学的西班牙框架网项目（西班牙巴塞罗那，http://gemini.uab.es:9080/SFNsite/）。我针对这些项目优化了FrameSQL，并免费提供给他们。我和这些项目的研究人员一起发表了几篇论文。(3)工具评价：很多研究者使用过我的搜索工具。其中就有专门从事英语教学和参考资料的作家迈克尔•斯旺，他在《实用英语用法》（牛津大学出版社，2005年）中说：“日本森树大学的佐藤广明提供了他出色的软件工具KwiconGugle，这极大地促进了我将互联网作为真实用法实例的使用。”在牛津大学出版社的《国际词典学杂志》等高质量期刊上，有几篇关于我的搜索工具的报道。少

Objectives : This project aims to develop three types of search tools which can deal with (1) semantic information, (2) sound and motion pictures of American movies, and (3) text data on the Internet. These tools are freely available on the Internet, and are expected to contribute to English corpus linguists.Results :(1) Software development and release : I succeeded in developing the following types of three software tools and released them on the Web for free.(i) FrameSQL, which searches semantic information in the English lexical database FrameNet, http://sato.fm.senshu-u.ac.jp/fn2_13/notes/index.html(ii) TripleM_CorpusTool, which searches film scripts of DVD movies and accesses the scene in which a searched phrase is used in the DVD movie, http://sato.fm.senshu-u.ac.jp/_web/DVD/index.html(iii) GugleFormatter2, which reformats search results of Internet search engines in the KWIC format, http://sato.fm.senshu-u.ac.jp/_web/gugleFormatter/index.html(2) Collaboration with other researc … More h projects : I worked with the two research projects, i.e., the Berkeley FrameNet Project at the International Computer Science Institute (Berkeley, CA, http://framenet.icsi.berkeley.edu/) and the Spanish FrameNet Project at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain, http://gemini.uab.es:9080/SFNsite/). I optimized FrameSQL for these projects and gave the tool to them for free. I published several papers with researchers of these projects.(3) Evaluation of the tools : Many researchers have used my search tools. Among them is Michael Swan, a writer specialising in English Language teaching and reference materials, who says "My use of the internet as a source of instances of authentic usage has been greatly facilitated by the kind of assistance of Hiroaki Sato, of Senshu University, Japan, who made available his excellent software tool KwiconGugle." in his Practical English Usage, Oxford University Press, 2005. There are several reports on my search tools in quality journals such as International Journal of Lexicography, Oxford University Press. Less