Methoden vergelijken

	Corpuslinguïstiek	Interne Reconstructie
Vakgebied	Taalwetenschap	Taalwetenschap
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Jaar van ontstaan	1980	1891
Grondlegger	John Sinclair	Henry Heffner Hock
Type	Empirical process pipeline	Empirical process pipeline
Oorspronkelijke bron	Sinclair, J. M. (1991). Corpus, Concordance, Collocation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.	Hock, H. H. (1991). Principles of Historical Linguistics (2nd ed.). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Aliassen	Corpus Analysis, Corpora Studies	Interlingual Reconstruction, Diachronic Morphology
Verwant	1	3
Samenvatting	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.	Internal Reconstruction is a historical linguistic method that reconstructs earlier stages of a single language by identifying internal inconsistencies, morphological irregularities, and distributional patterns within the language itself. Unlike the Comparative Method, which relies on comparing related languages, Internal Reconstruction uses evidence from within one language—such as suppletive forms, analogy-induced irregularities, and phonological asymmetries—to infer its historical structure and sound changes. This method is particularly valuable when only one written form of a language survives or when related languages are unavailable.