TYPES OF CORPORA: GENERAL, SPECIALIZED, AND PARALLEL
Keywords:
corpus, general corpus, specialized corpus, parallel corpus, linguistics, lexicography, translation studies, NLP, language teaching, language analysisAbstract
This article explores the main types of corpora used in linguistic research: general, specialized, and parallel corpora. It explains their structural features, typical applications, and importance in contemporary language studies. General corpora provide broad, representative samples of language use, while specialized corpora focus on specific domains, genres, or disciplines. Parallel corpora, on the other hand, allow cross-linguistic comparison by aligning texts across languages. The article highlights how these corpora contribute to language teaching, translation studies, lexicography, natural language processing, and linguistic analysis.
References
1. McEnery, T. & Hardie, A. Corpus Linguistics: Method, Theory and Practice. 2012.
2. Sinclair, J. Corpus, Concordance, Collocation. 1991.
3. Biber, D. Variation Across Speech and Writing. 1995.
4. Baker, M. Corpora in Translation Studies. 1993.
5. Kennedy, G. An Introduction to Corpus Linguistics. 1998.
6. Granger, S. Learner English on Computer. 1998.
7. O’Keeffe, A., McCarthy, M. The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics. 2010.
8. https://www.sketchengine.eu
10. https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/corpora-linguistics
