A power point presentation on Corpus Linguistics. It contains some history, current trends and example of software used for creating corpora. Duration: roughly 40 minutes. Created for Methodology course at Jagiellonian University, English studies. Author: Małgorzata Warzecha
Corpus Linguistics
Corpus LinguisticsMagorzata Warzecha
What is a corpus?
What is a corpus?
Corpus:From the Latin for body (plural corpora), a corpus is a
body of language representative of a particular variety of language
or genre which is collected and stored in electronic form for
analysis using concordance software.
CASS: Briengs, Tony McEnryTypes of corpora:1. Specialised
corpusTypes of corpora:1. Specialised corpus2. General corpusTypes
of corpora:1. Specialised corpus2. General corpus3. Multilingual
corporaTypes of corpora:1. Specialised corpus2. General corpus3.
Multilingual corpora4. Parallel corpusTypes of corpora:1.
Specialised corpus2. General corpus3. Multilingual corpora4.
Parallel corpus5. Learner corpus
Types of corpora:1. Specialised corpus2. General corpus3.
Multilingual corpora4. Parallel corpus5. Learner corpus6.
Historical or Diachronic corpusTypes of corpora:1. Specialised
corpus2. General corpus3. Multilingual corpora4. Parallel corpus5.
Learner corpus6. Historical or Diachronic corpus7. Monitor
corpusWhat is corpus linguistics? A theory of language or a
methodology of language?What is corpus linguistics?NOT a theory of
language! but:
a collection of methods for studying language
Corpus linguistics is perhaps best described in simple terms as
the study of language based on examples of real life language
use.
History of corpus linguisticsEarly Corpus Linguistics
Criticism
Modern Approach to Corpus Linguistics1. Early Corpus
LinguisticsHarris (1993: 27) summarises the approach well: 'The
approach began ... with a large collection of recorded utterances
from some language, a corpus. The corpus was subjected to a clear,
stepwise, bottom-up strategy of analysis.'
1. Early Corpus LinguisticsExamples of early corpus
research:Language acquisition: diary studies period 1876-1926;
Preyer (1889), Stern (1924)Spelling conventions: Kding (1897), 11
million German wordsLanguage pedagogyComparative Linguistics: Eaton
(1940) Syntax, Semantics: Fries (1952)
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