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A corpus is a collection of spoken, written or multimodal material for __________ analysis.
A corpus is a collection of spoken, written or multimodal material for __________ analysis.
linguistic
Corpus Linguistics employs authentic language data for __________ research.
Corpus Linguistics employs authentic language data for __________ research.
linguistic
Corpus Linguistics is both a __________ and research method in linguistics.
Corpus Linguistics is both a __________ and research method in linguistics.
field
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- A corpus is a collection of spoken, written or multimodal material for linguistic analysis.
- It must be a finite-sized, representative, machine-readable and standard reference sample.
- Corpus Linguistics employs authentic language data for linguistic research.
- It deals with the compilation of extensive data ranging from 400,000 words to a billion words.
- It focuses on occurrences, frequencies, collocational patterns for lexical and grammatical analysis.
- It is applied to various fields, including sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, media, medical, political discourses.
- It is both a field and research method in linguistics.
- Advantages include time-saving, more data, and improved qualitative results.
- Limitations include lack of emphasis on contexts and fragmented reading.
- Corpus Linguistics is an important tool for linguistic research and analysis.
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