Corpus for english language

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Corpus for English
Language
Presented by: Ahmad Hassan Rajput

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Introduction
 Began in late 1980’s
 Grew and became famous in short time
 Helps in syllabus forming in schools and colleges
 Helps to know the statistical data for words

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Literature review
 Rappen defined the corpus as “…collection of naturally
occurring texts stored electronically”
 Two major characteristics of the corpus.
1. Corpus collections need to be principled.
2. Corpus need to consist of naturally occurring text.
 Corpus learning and publications were at peak during 1980’s.

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Methodology
 Data collection
 Collected data from various online public websites
 67 personal statements were recorded

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Analysis

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Conclusion
 Corpus learning technique has proven beneficial
 Johansson argues that it is so much beneficial and tells its
importance
 Frequency data combined with lines of concordances that
expose the verbal environment allow great opportunities for
linguistic research.

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Thank You