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What were some of the criticisms made of the corpus-based approach to language study in the 1950s?
Some were right, some were half-right, and some have proved themselves to be wrong or irrelevant.
How did some linguists respond to the criticisms of using corpora as a technique?
Some linguists continued to use the corpus as a technique and tried to establish a balance between the use of the corpus and the use of intuition.
What significant advance in the use of corpora occurred during the era of relative neglect in the 1950s?
The linking of the corpus to the computer was completed during this era.
When did corpus studies experience a boom in popularity?
From 1980 onwards.
What are the two 'schools' of corpus linguistics that are growing worldwide?
The SEU and neo-Firthian traditions.
What is the current status of corpus linguistics methodologically?
Corpus linguistics is maturing methodologically.
Learn about the series of criticisms made of the corpus-based approach to language study in the 1950s. Discover how some criticisms were right, some were half-right, and some were proven wrong or irrelevant over time. Understand how linguists tried to establish a balance between criticisms and the use of corpus as a technique.
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