SUMMARY ON CORPUS

LINGUISTICS

• Corpus Linguistics• Scope of studies• Types of Corpora• Examples of Corpora• Role of Computers in Corpus Linguistics• Corpus – Related Research

CORPUS LINGUISTICS

• CORPUS LINGUISTICS is the study of language as expressed in samples ( corpora) or “real world” text.

• The word “corpus” is derived from the Latin word meaning “body”.

• It may be used to refer to any verbal or printed form.

• Corpora are now largely derived by an automated process compared to those days whereby it was done by hand.

SCOPE OF STUDIES

The potential lexis, structures or

exercises in a language

Their possible occurrence in a

language

Their explanation & clarification of the nature, formation & use of language with particular matters

such as language acquisition.

TYPE

S OF

CORP

ORA

Verbal or printed

language

Modern or old texts

Texts form one or several languages

Text from whole books

Newspaper

Journals

Speeches

Extracts of varying length

EXAMPLES OF CORPORA

BROWN CORPUS

BRITISH NATIONAL CORPUS QURANIC

CORPUS

ROLE OF COMPUTERS IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS

Store enormous amount of text

Speedily retrieve enormous amounts of texts

Retrieve lexis, phrases or entire texts in context

Sort out linguistic items

Enlarge dependability in searching, counting & cataloging linguistic itemsPresent precise probability of occurrence of detailed linguistics items

Corpus Related Research

Computational Linguistics

Cultural

Studies

Discourse Analysis & Pragmatics

Grammar /

Syntax

Natural Languag

e Processi

ng

Machine Translati

on

Psycholinguistics

Speech

Social Psycholo

gy

Language Variation

Semantics

Language Teaching

Stylistics

Historical

Linguistics

Linguistics

Sociolinguistics

Lexicography

Language Acquisition

Dr. Rozina Abdul Ghani, Corpus Linguistics Power Point Slides Show, ENGL 4740, Computer Applications in Language Studies, Sem 2, 2012/2013.

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