Determining Corpus Size for Business Email Research
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What type of texts is the compiled corpus composed of?

  • Business emails
  • Newspaper articles (correct)
  • Academic journals
  • Social media posts

What is the main issue with the compiled corpus?

  • It contains irrelevant data (correct)
  • It is too small
  • It is not machine-readable
  • It is not diverse enough

What is the researcher's area of study?

  • Machine readability of emails
  • Computer-mediated communication
  • Business communication through emails (correct)
  • Linguistic analysis of newspaper articles

What is the main concern in determining the corpus size?

<p>Deciding how large the corpus should be (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the criteria mentioned in the text for designing a corpus?

<p>13 Criteria of Well-Designed Corpora (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary approach in corpus-based studies?

<p>Testing a pre-existing theory against a corpus (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key consideration in corpus design for corpus-based studies?

<p>Ensuring the corpus is representative of the language as a whole (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is machine readability important in corpus-based studies?

<p>It enables the use of automated tools for data analysis (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key challenge in determining the size of a corpus for corpus-based studies?

<p>Balancing the need for data with the need for manageability (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of linguistic analysis in corpus-based studies?

<p>To identify patterns and trends in the corpus (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is often a lame excuse in corpus design?

<p>Lack of efficient software (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did corpus linguists adjust their expectations regarding corpus size?

<p>Because of the limitations of handling large datasets (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the revised approach to corpus size in linguistic analysis?

<p>It depends on the specific research question (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key consideration in determining the size of a corpus?

<p>The nature of the research question being studied (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between corpus size and data quality?

<p>The quality of the data is independent of the corpus size (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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