3 comparable corpora: two or more corpora in different languages or
language varieties containing the same kinds and amounts of texts, to
enable differences or equivalences to be compared
4 learner corpus: a collection of texts or language samples produced by
language learnerscorpus linguisticsn
an approach to investigating language structure and use through the ana-
lysis of large databases of real language examples stored on computer. Issues
amenable to corpus linguistics include the meanings of words across registers,
the distribution and function of grammatical forms and categories, the
investigation of lexico-grammatical associations(associations of specific
words with particular grammatical constructions), the study of discourse
characteristics, register variation, and (when learner corpora are available)
issues in language acquisition and development.
Corpus of Contemporary American Englishn
a large corpus of American English, with entries distributed across genres
of fiction, popular magazines, newspapers, and academic journals, as well
as spoken language.
corpus planningn
a type of language planning
a deliberate restructuring of a language, often by government authorities.
This may be done by giving it, for example, an increased range of vocabulary,
new grammatical structures, sometimes even a new or more standardized
writing system.
For example, in Malaysia, where Bahasa Malaysia (Malay) has become the
national language, attempts have been made to construct new vocabulary
in areas such as business, education and research. Similar efforts have been
made for Swahili in East Africa.
correct adjcorrectnessn
a term which is used to state that particular language usage, e.g. the pro-
nunciation of a word, is right as opposed to wrong. For example:
This is the correct pronunciation.
The term often expresses a particular attitude to language usage (see pre-
scriptive grammar). It has become more common to abandon absolute
judgements of right and wrong and to consider a usage as being more or less
appropriate (appropriateness) in a particular social setting.
see also error
corpus linguistics