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PPT OF THIS WORKSHOP
available at http://www.lextutor.ca/cv/slrf_09/corpus.ppt
OUTLINE
Corpora – what are they?
goals and sizes
design
querying
Corpora – why do we need them?
limits of intuition
A brief history of scientific instrumentation
enlarging the sensorium
Corpus successes
notable resets of whole agendas
Corpus failures
participation issue
Do It Yourself (DIY) corpora – why?
access
local goals
DIY corpora – how?
text files (*.txt)
assembly
one v. many
flat v. tagged
DIY corpus for learning purposes
e.g., vocab growth
DIY corpus for research purposes
Learner production
Walk-through
Teacher production
Follow-up
Goal clarification
Course Tie-up
The future
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