It is not a simple word that interests Toposator users, but the configuration of words which narrate an action. It was developed with these two uses in mind, so it appeals to specialists and debutantes alike. Because the novels studied by the group are written in French, the software follows suit. Our presentation of the software and research will be in English with quotations in French. After introducing the software in the first section of our presentation, we will proceed by demonstrating how we have personally used Toposator.
Researchers are able to look for a term or series of terms in the database, such as 'la ruse'.
First, the formula, which will be explained in detail during our demonstration of the software, is the key to the 'lexical field' of this concept. Each of these terms found in the lexical field will then lead to a topos and its title or 'denomination'. These denominations give the user thesemantic field of ruse. Notice that the theme of the ruse is developed into a topos by adding an action that changes the state in the novel. This is an example of a 'hypertopos' because it contains the minimum two toposemes, small core particles of meaning of which every topos is comprised.