Metodika

What is Corpus Linguistics?

• a) The study of ancient languages

• b) The study of language through real-life examples and data

• c) The study of fictional language in literature

• d) The study of language history

2. What does KWIC stand for?

• a) Key Word in Context

• b) Kind Words in Context

• c) Key Word in Concordance

• d) Key Words in Computation

Which tool is commonly used for complex analysis in Corpus Linguistics?

• a) Google Translate

• b) WordSmith Tools

• c) Microsoft Word

• d) Grammarly

Concordance analysis involves counting the occurrences of words and their contexts.

• True

• False

Which of the following can be considered part of a “representative” language database?

• a) Academic research papers only

• b) Conversations, social media posts, and regional dialects

• c) Old manuscripts exclusively

• d) Translations of books

What is the main goal when sampling language data?

• a) To represent a single dialect

• b) To include as many different varieties of the language as possible

• c) To limit the data to written texts only

• d) To focus on historical usage

Corpus Linguistics only focuses on written texts.

• True

• False

Why is it important to construct a “representative” database in language studies?

• a) To focus only on formal language usage

• b) To get an accurate and reasonable picture of a language population

• c) To exclude regional dialects

• d) To simplify language learning

A representative database should include multiple varieties of English.

• True

• False

The aim of a representative database is to eliminate all informal language.

• True

• False