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Concordancer Study language in authentic texts

The concordancer is a search tool for authentic academic English, allowing the user to explore vocabulary use, frequency, collocation and more.


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Uses the academic section of the BNC Baby.
Uses the BAWE (British Academic Written English) corpus.
Uses the BASE (British Academic Spoken English) corpus.





Sheldon Smith

Author: Sheldon Smith    ‖    Last modified: 14 October 2022.

Sheldon Smith is the founder and editor of EAPFoundation.com. He has been teaching English for Academic Purposes since 2004. Find out more about him in the about section and connect with him on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.



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