Corpus linguistics: readings in a widening discipline

Corpus Linguistics: Readings in a Widening Discipline

Not that long ago, all linguistics was corpus linguistics. For much of the twentieth century, though, changes in theoretical fashion put linguists for whom collections of texts are the primary object of study at the margins of the field. Now things are shifting again, and a new generation of linguists with a wakening interest in linguistic data is returning to the field's corpus-based roots. Wh...

Corpus Linguistics: Quantitative Methods

p. 1, par. 2: Until relatively recently, however, words and syntactic patterns, or constructions, were treated on a par not only theoretically, but also empirically. → It is only since recently, however, that words and syntactic patterns, or constructions, are treated on a par not only theoretically, but also empirically. p. 1, first bullet: how much does give prefer to occur in the ditransitiv...

Machine Translation - Corpus Linguistics

Due to the importance of communication between two or more people, companies, or even nations, the need for good translators has long been obvious around the world, and since humans are faulty, it is not surprising that many attempts to automate the process of translation have been made throughout history. This is called machine translation. Corpus linguistics, a branch of the machine translati...

Corpus Linguistics in Finland: a Resource Survey*

Finnish corpus linguistics and computer linguistics generally has an ancient tradition, which gives it authority in the world community and has produced solid results in various areas. The first projects for electronic corpuses appeared in the 1960s, as in many other countries [1, 2]. From the start, this line in Finland was closely related to the writing of original computer programs for proce...

Lexicography and Corpus Linguistics