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MAIN MENU OPTION 13
Main Menu option 13 allows you to select among 9 vocabulary lists. The
lists vary as to their content and the sort key by which they are ordered.
You can print any list using F7 or export any of the lists (save on disk)
using F5. A description of each list is included in this file along with
some practical word study (lexicographical) methods to which each list lends
itself.
With the various lists, lexicography information is displayed on the line
with each word. Up to five columns can be displayed within a single list.
The information in each column is described near the end of this file.
All lists on this menu contain words, numbers, or punctuation marks that
occur in the selected version or portion. A master list that contains all
words, numbers and punctuation marks from all versions and portions can be
accessed using Main Menu option 11.
The TCN program focuses on words. You access phrases or text by first
selecting a word from a list. You proceed from menus to the lists
automatically. To return to a list after accessing phrases or text (F2 or F3
keys), press the ESC key.
While you are in a list, the following scroll keys move you through the list
to highlight (select) a specific word: PG UP, PG DN, HOME, END, up arrow,
down arrow.
The list that you need may vary depending on what you are trying to
accomplish.
Choice of Vocabulary List
You can choose a vocabulary list while performing Main Menu options 6, 11, or
13. The selected list will affect performance of options 4, 5, 6, 11, and
13. To see the default list, select Main Menu option 13 and then select item
3. The default list is read when you select a version or portion or when the
default version is read. The default list remains in effect until another
list is selected during performance of Main Menu options 6, 11, or 13. For
more information about the available vocabulary lists, see file MM13.DOC.
The Secondary Menu
When you select 13 from the Main Menu, a secondary menu consisting of 10
options numbered 0 - 9 appears. Options 1 - 9 are vocabulary lists. Item 0
returns you to the Main Menu. The vocabulary lists are discussed below in
order of their appearance on the secondary menu.
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Words In Order Of Appearance
All words, numbers, and punctuation symbols are included in this list.
The program creates this list by appending newly encountered words to the
end of this list. That is to say, when the program encounters a word for
the first time in the source file, it adds that word to the end of this
list. The result is a list ordered according to initial appearance.
A practical application of this list is to evaluate focus. Naturally, the
words used most often occur early in a version or portion. Once you get
past the part of the list that relates the first appearance of very common
words, there are words that appear late that are used several times.
Hence, one can infer a focus on these words. One interesting combination
of facts to look at is words that appear very early (say even in the
Preamble) that are used only once. Hence, this list contains information
related to focus; one aspect of focus being order of appearance (first
things -most important- first) and number of times a word is used.
Words Sorted By Number Of Syllables
Only words are included in this list.
A practical use of this list is to enter syllable data. Also, the
grouping of words according to syllables may be helpful.
Alphabetical List, Capitalized Words Merged With Uncapitalized Words
Only words are included in this list.
A practical application of this list is convenience when entering synonym
and subject cross references. To the program, initially capitalized words
and words not initially capitalized are two totally different words.
Hence, if a word appears initially capitalized in some places and not
initially capitalized in others, you have to access both spellings to
indicate that both spellings are related. In an ordinary sort (secondary
menu option 4), these spellings are far apart in the list. In this list,
they are adjacent to each other.
F6 can be used when this list is selected to quickly move to a desired
word.
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When the program is first started, or when you select a version or
portion, this is the default list.
Alphabetical List, Caps separate from Not caps, plus Numbers, Punct
This list contains all words, numbers, and punctuation marks. Unlike
secondary menu option 1, this list is sorted alphabetically.
One practical use of this list is to access occurrences of Arabic numeral
in Constitutional text. With this list selected, you can highlight an
Arabic numeral and press F2 or F3 to see where the highlighted numeral
occurs.
Another practical use of this list is to show exactly which words, numbers
and punctuation marks are greater than which. This information is useful
to understand the results of using the words area of Main Menu option 6.
You could compile examples of punctuation mark usage.
F6 works with this list.
Words That Appear In Uppercase Only
This list contains those words that are initially capitalized every time
that they are used in the selected version or portion of the Constitution.
A photogenic copy of the original Constitution reveals initially
capitalized words in the middle of sentences. Many of the words would not
be capitalized by contemporary capitalization conventions. An emphasis on
or importance attached to words that were consistently capitalized can be
inferred. This list can be used in conjunction with the following two
lists to evaluate the use of capitalization in the Constitution.
Words That Appear In Lower Case Only
This list contains those words that never appear initially capitalized in
the selected version or portion of the Constitution.
This list can be used in conjunction with the preceding list and the
following list to evaluate use of capitalization in the Constitution.
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Words That Appear In Both Upper And Lower Case
This list contains those words that appear initially capitalized in some
places and not initially capitalized in others in the selected version or
portion of the Constitution.
This list can be used in conjunction with the preceding two lists to
evaluate use of capitalization in the Constitution.
Words Sorted By Number Of Times They Are Used
Only words are included in this list.
A practical use of this list is to rank words by the number of times they
occur in a selected version or portion.
Words Sorted By Number Of Letters
Only words are included in this list.
A practical use of this list is to rank words that occur in a selected
version or portion by the number of letters they contain.
Reviewing the Vocabulary Lists
To review a vocabulary list, proceed as follows:
1) Select 13 from the Main Menu.
2) Select a vocabulary list from the secondary menu.
After a delay, the list is displayed.
All lists include length, syllable, and occurrence information with
each word. In addition, the list accessed through secondary menu option 1
provides place information.
You can print out the entire list using the F7 key.
You can export the entire list to a file on disk that can be used with
many word processors. These files are large. Some word processors won't
hold them. If saving to diskette, allow 150,000 bytes for the vocabulary
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list of the default version. The F5 key performs the export function.
You can review every phrase that contains a highlighted word by using
the F2 key. When these phrases are displayed, you can print them or export
them to disk. Except for words occurring more than 300 times, the files
created thusly can be held by many common word processors.
You can review text surrounding every occurrence of a highlighted word
using the F3 key.
When finished reviewing a list, press the ESC key to return to the
secondary menu.
When finished reviewing all word lists, select 0 from the secondary
menu to return to the Main Menu.
LEXICOGRAPHY INFORMATION
Five different kinds of lexicography information are displayed in the
various lists for each word. Length, syllable, and occurrence data for
each word is displayed in all the lists. Reference and place data is
displayed for the 'Words in order of appearance' list. All information
except syllable data is automatically generated and cannot be changed by
the user. The information included under each of the five titles is
described below.
Length
The number in the length column is the number of letters in the
corresponding word.
Syllables
The number in the syllables column is the number of syllables in the
corresponding word.
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Occurrences
The number in the occurrences column is the number of times that the
corresponding word appears in the selected version or portion.
Place
Place is defined as the location of a word, number or punctuation mark
relative to the beginning of a selected version or portion. Remember, a
word is a group of alphanumeric characters between two blanks, a
punctuation mark and a blank, or between a blank and a punctuation mark.
The displayed place information is location of the first occurrence of the
corresponding word.
Reference
Reference information is displayed for the 'Words in order of appearance'
list or when F2 is pressed. In either case, it appears at the left side
of the screen. Reference information for the 'Words in order of
appearance' list is derived from the location of the first occurrence of
the corresponding word. Reference information displayed when F2 is
pressed is derived from the location of the corresponding phrase. The
information below about references applies to F2 and the vocabulary list
display.
Art is an abbreviation for article.
Sec is an abbreviation for section.
Amd is an abbreviation for amendment.
A reference can have one of the four following formats:
Art #.#
Art # Sec #.#
Amd #.#
Amd # Sec #.#
When an article or an amendment is not divided into sections, the number
following the abbreviation has a number to the right of the decimal. The
number to the right of the decimal is a paragraph number. Even if there
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is only one paragraph, this number is used.
When an article or amendment is divided into sections, the number
following the abbreviation (Art or Amd) does not have a decimal. The
abbreviation Sec is followed by a number, a decimal, and then another
number. Even if a section only has one paragraph, there is a number to
the right of the decimal.
The reference Amd 10.1 is used to indicate text in the first paragraph of
the tenth amendment in the Bill of Rights.
The reference Art 1 Sec 2.3 is used to indicate that the associated word
or phrase is included in the 3rd paragraph of the 2nd section of the 1st
article of the Constitution.
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