Introduction to Corpus Linguistics Quiz

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<p>The term 'corpus' has its origin in Latin, meaning 'body'. The plural of 'corpus' is formed according to Latin morphology: one corpus, two corpora.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A corpus has been defined as 'a collection of sampled texts, written or spoken, in machine-readable form which may be annotated with various forms of linguistic information'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A modern linguistic corpus is an electronically available collection of texts or transcripts of audio recordings which is sampled to represent a certain language, language variety, or other linguistic domain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The purpose of a corpus in corpus linguistics is to provide a representative sample of language usage for analysis and study.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Modern linguistic corpora are typically accessed in electronic form, allowing researchers to search and analyze the texts using computational tools.</p> Signup and view all the answers