The LEXUS Tool consists of three elements: An input field, a section, in which you can set various advanced search options, and a results field. Enter a word or phrase in the input field and click “Enter” or the “Search” button to start the query. The search is case-sensitive. You can also use the drop-down menu at the end of the input field to select a word or phrase you have been searching for earlier in this session.
You can set advanced options after opening the section below the input field by opening the line below the search term. A target lexicon can be selected. Currently data from the German dictionary elexiko (http://www.owid.de/wb/elexiko/start.html) from the Institute for German Language in Mannheim, Germany, is available, as well as a Wichita lexicon offered by Max-Plank-Institute for Psycholinguistics (http://www.lat-mpi.eu/tools/lexus/) in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
The target datacategories that can be chosen depend on the structure of the selected lexicon. Relating to the target datacategory various search conditions can be set: "is“, "contains“, "begins with“ and "ends with“. In addition to these options you can select "is negated“ via a check box to filter your query.
The search results are presented in the results field below the options menu. Results of different queries are shown in different tabs. On the left side of the result you find a tree of folders according to the structure of the selected lexicon. The lexicon entry itself is displayed on the right side.
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