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ATILF (Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française)

ATILF (Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française - Computer Programming and Analysis of the French Language) is a joint research unit of CNRS and University Nancy 2.

It has so far produced the following computerized linguistic resources for the study of the French language:

Trésor de la Langue Française (TLFi)

Electronic version of the TLF, a 16 volume reference

100 000 words with their history, 270 000 definitions, 430 000 examples, 3 search levels (simple item display, cross searches, advanced searches)

Dictionaries

Frantext textual database

Corpus of around 3 650 French texts from the 16th to the 20th century, digitized and lemmatized texts for linguistic analysis

Encyclopédie Diderot et d'Alembert (from the University of Chicago)

72 000 articles, 17 million words, 2 569 plates

Materials for the Middle French Dictionary (Dictionnaire de Moyen Age)

A lexicographical database of 13 lexicons; 69 089 articles (nomenclature of 26 354 terms)

An online lemmatizer based on the marked graphical forms and various morphological rules

Access

Access is available directly from this page by connecting to the ATILF web site - you'll be prompted to login to MUSE as necessary. To access the Library's eResources collection whether on or off campus, simply log into MUSE & connect via the Library eResources links, located on the Library tab. Alternatively, access via the eResources A to Z links on the Library Web pages & login to MUSE when prompted.

Support

There is substantial online help (in French). If you experience any difficulties in using this eResource please call the Library on extension 27200 or email library@sheffield.ac.uk.