Vocabulary: Corpus linguistics: how real English actually works

English · C2 · Lesson 36 · 20 words

A complete lesson on Corpus linguistics: how real English actually works — vocabulary, grammar, and practice exercises all in one. After this lesson, you'll be able to talk about Corpus linguistics: how real English actually works with confidence. Master 20 essential words and phrases about Corpus linguistics: how real English actually works. After this lesson, you'll confidently use them in real conversations.

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discourse

noun

conversation

frequency

noun

rate of occurrence

register

verb

record in a list

ubiquitous

identifiable

paradigm

noun

Model or framework

empirical

adjective

based on observation

quantify

verb

measure or express in numbers

probabilistic

adjective

based on chance or probability

ameliorate

verb

Improve or make better

intuitive

adjective

Understanding without conscious reasoning

annotate

verb

steady focus on one point

salient

adjective

Most noticeable or important

corpus

noun

Collection of texts or data

concordance

noun

Index showing word occurrences and contexts

collocation

noun

Words that frequently appear together

lemmatize

verb

Reduce words to their base form

metadata

noun

Information describing other data

tokenize

verb

Break text into individual units

computational

adjective

Related to computers or calculation

synchronic

adjective

Describing a single moment in time