The use of corpora in linguistics

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This article reviews the corpus-based research in linguistics to show the broad use of corpora in linguistics.

Corpus input into dictionaries is discussed to reveal applications of corpus linguistics for applied reasons, particularly the amassing of dictionaries.

In addition, corpus input in language pedagogy is dealt with to demonstrate the insights of corpora for pedagogical purposes mainly and syllabus improvement in particular.

Prior research results for vocabulary input versus output are mentioned which lead to studies of word frequency based on printed materials.

This is followed by a discussion of corpus-building, which are: corpus design and collection, analysis of a corpus (analysis of word frequency, collocation, and context), and software programmes used for corpus analysis (WordSmith Tools and other computer programmes).