Introduction to Linguateca

Step 1.  Log into Linguateca:     http://www.linguateca/pt

Step 2.  Select Acesso a Recursos > AC/DC > Avante!  [for European]

                                                                                           AmostRA- NILC  [for Brazilian]

Step 3.  Type a search word into the Procurar box, and note the results. 

Suggestions

• corpo
• corpus
• alto
• salto
  
• Acordo
• os
  
• rapariga
• aliás (make sure you can input Portuguese characters)
• por
• Mim
  

At least one of the above is a dud
At least one gives too many hits for a single output

Step 4.  Search for two or more words

• use | to indicate alternative words       e.g.  mulher|esposa       (| = Alt 124)    
  
• use "." to indicate "any letter"             casa.  how many different words?
  
• use "?" to indicate "any letter or nothing"     casa?
  
• use ".*" to indicate "an indefinite number of letters"      casa.*       .*ada
  
• use square brackets "[ ]" to indicate alternative letters     casa[sr]     [Cc]ontudo
  (NB  use Alt+91 and Alt+93 if these are not on your keyboard.  For continual use,  set up keyboard shortcuts!)
• use Opções to ignore case differences
  

Step 5.  Search for forms of the same word

• the verb comer      [lema="comer"] NB  you  need the square brackets
  
• the verb  agredir
• the adjective actual

Step 6.  Search for short phrases

• já não
• bem dizer
• tem vontade
• deitar cedo
  

Report any interesting results