Corpus Linguistics Cheat Sheet (Weeks 1–7)

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What are the two types of corpora?

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General vs. Specialized (e.g. BNC vs. GloWbE)

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What is a Learner Corpus?

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Tagged by level (A1–C2), L1, genre, etc.

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What is a Parallel Corpus?

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Same content in two languages.

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What is the difference between Spoken and Written Corpus?

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Spoken Corpus involves turn-taking and fillers, while Written Corpus involves complex noun phrases.

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What is the difference between Corpus-Driven and Corpus-Informed approaches?

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Corpus-Driven: Patterns emerge from data; Corpus-Informed: Theory-led, verified via corpus.

Front

Name some corpus tools.

Back

LancsBox, AntConc, COCA, BNC.

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What does KWIC stand for?

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Keyword in context view.

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What is the Type/Token distinction?

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Types = unique words, Tokens = total words.

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What does TTR stand for and what does it measure?

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Type Token Ratio; it measures lexical diversity.

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What are Lexical Chunks according to Nattinger & DeCarrico?

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Stored as units that improve processing, fluency, and accuracy.