Corpus Linguistics
Corpus Linguistics is the study of language based on large, representative collections of texts (corpora) processed by computer. Pioneered by John Sinclair and others, the method uses statistical analysis, concordancing, and computational tools to examine patterns of actual language use. Corpus linguistics has transformed our understanding of English and other languages, revealing frequency patterns, collocation preferences, and register variation that were previously hidden. It serves theoretical linguistics, applied language teaching, and natural language processing.
Source record
Citations copied verbatim from the method’s source record. No claim-level verification is inferred from them.
- Sinclair, J. M. (1991). Corpus, Concordance, Collocation. Oxford: Oxford University Press. · URL
- McEnery, T., & Hardie, A. (2012). Corpus Linguistics: Method, Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. · DOI 10.1017/CBO9780511981395
- Biber, D., Conrad, S., & Reppen, R. (2006). Corpus Linguistics: Investigating Language Structure and Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. · URL
Curated claims
Claims persisted in the evidence ledger, each with its own assessment.
This view does not invent a claim assessment when the ledger has none.
Related methods
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