What is a corpus and that is in it

2. What is a corpus and that is in it?

By ADRIANA GARZON MOZO

master's degree in linguistics

Antioquia University ​

​McEnery, Tony & Wilson, Andrew. 1996. Corpus Linguistics. Edinburg: Edinburg University Press.

2.1 Corpora vs. machine- readable text

The term 'corpus' when used in the context of modern linguistics tends most frequently to have more specific connotations than this simple definition. These may be considered under four main headings:

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2.1.1. Sampling and representativeness.

2.1.2. Finite size.

2.1.3​. Machine- readable form.

2.1.4. A standard- reference​

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2.1 Corpora vs. machine- readable text:

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​2.1.1. Sampling and representativeness.

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​¨there are two options for our data collection: first, we could analyze every single utterance in that variety; or second, we could construct a smaller sample of the variety. ¨

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¨consideration of Chomsky's criticism should be directed towards the establishment of ways in which a much less biased and more generally representative corpus may be constructed.¨

2.1 Corpora vs. machine- readable text:

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2.1.2. Finite size: monitor corpus: 1.000.000 words.

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2.1.3​. Machine- readable form: Machine-readable corpus can be read in a few minutes, different from printed corpus.

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2.1.4. A standard- reference​: Although not an essential definition, it also contributes a standard reference for the linguistic variety What it represents

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2.1 Corpora vs. machine- readable text:​

(Exception to this is the London-Lund corpus, which was augmented in the mid-1970s by Sydney greenbaum to cover a wider variety of genres.pág.31).

Multiple Choice

What are the headings that can define a Corpus?

• ​- Sampling and representativeness.

  -A standard- reference

• -Finite size.

  - Machine

• - Sampling and representativeness.

  -Finite size.

  - Machine- readable form.

  -A standard- reference

• -Finite size.

  - Machine- readable form.

2.2 Text Encoding and annotation

Open Ended

What kind of information does the word "Love" represent for you?

love: unannotated: only text

`love_VVZ´: annotated: various types of linguistic information.

​Z: third person singular present tense.

VV: ​form of a lexical verb

COCOA REFERENCE

Informal trend.: authors, date, titles

2.2.1 Formats of annotation

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TEXT ENCODING INITIATIVE (TEI)

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sHYDfITjHY

2.2.2. Types of annotation

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2.2.3.linguistics annotations

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2.2.3.linguistics annotations

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2.3. Multilingual corpora​

2,3,1 Parallel Corpora. original lenguage (L1)

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2,3,2​ Translation Corpora: comparation do L1

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​2,3,​2,1 why use translation Corpora?

Open Ended

What is a corpus and that is in it?

Adriana Garzón

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