Learning Summary Week 3
💥Learning Summary week 3💥 Corpus linguistics 💖What is corpus linguistics? the study of language/linguistic phenomena through the analysis of data obtained from a corpus. 💜Corpus (sometimes used in the plural form ‘corpora’ ) ‘a collection of naturally-occurring texts in a computer-readable format which can be retrieved and analyzed using corpus analysis software’ 💕Designing a specialized corpus💕 💚Corpus size (no fixed rules) - Depending on research purposes, availability of data and time. - Useful : Large corpora < Small corpora if searches are made on context-specific terms. - It is preferable to create a ‘monitor’ or ‘open’ corpus because specialized words / usage are dynamic. 💚Text extracts vs. full texts - Depends on the aim of the corpus - The whole text offers more coverage - Specific sections may be helpful if we are looking for words or phrase