# Basic Search

The Basic Search allows you to search for terms that match **exactly** your search pattern (instead of searching the whole paradigm as in *Quick Search*) and to search for terms that **start** or **end** with a specified pattern. 

You can also search for **alternative terms** (OR condition). With OR, you can search for texts that contain term *X* as well as texts that contain *Y*. 

:::{tip}
Suppose you search for *Covid-19* OR *Corona*. You will find texts mentioning Covid-19 and
texts mentioning Corona — including texts that happen to mention both. What OR does
not do is restrict results to texts containing *both* terms.

To find texts that contain several terms together, create a subcorpus and specify
the keywords that must appear in each text.
:::

The Basic Search also allows you to filter by **parts of speech** (nouns, adjectives, verbs). The search is case-sensitive: uppercase letters are  *not* converted to lowercase (*A*→*a*) in the background.



## Examples in German

| Option    | Part of speech   | Search term   | Explanation   |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| exact | any | *geht* | It searches for the term *geht* as you wrote it, without including the whole verb paradigm |
| start | any | *Migration* | It searches for all the terms beginning with *Migration*, like *Migrationspolitik*, *Migrationshintergrund*, etc. |
| end| any | *Migration*  | It searches for all the terms ending with *Migration*, like *Remigration*, *Emigration*, *Massenmigration*, etc. |
| exact | noun | *Essen* | It searches for the term *Essen* only when it is annotated as a noun in the corpus. |


## Examples in French

| Option    | Part of speech   | Search term   | Explanation   |
|-----------|----------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| exact     | any            | *parle*       | It searches for the term *parle* exactly as written, without including other verb forms. |
| start     | any            | *écolo*       | It searches for all terms starting with *écolo*, like *écologie*, *écologiste*, *écolosceptique*, etc. |
| end       | any            | *isme*        | It searches for all terms ending with *isme*, like *socialisme*, *capitalisme*, *futurisme*, etc. |
| exact     | noun           | *banc*        | It searches for the term *banc* only when it is annotated as a noun in the corpus. |

## Examples in Italian

| Option    | Part of speech   | Search term   | Explanation   |
|-----------|----------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| exact     | any            | *parla*       | It searches for the term *parla* exactly as written, without including other verb forms. |
| start     | any            | *eco*         | It searches for all terms starting with *eco*, like *ecologia*, *ecosistema*, *ecoturismo*, etc. |
| end       | any            | *zione*       | It searches for all terms ending with *zione*, like *nazione*, *educazione*, *organizzazione*, etc. |
| exact     | noun           | *banca*       | It searches for the term *banca* only when it is annotated as a noun in the corpus. |