The unique form of the tokens (words) in a corpus. Often accompanied by frequency data.
Meaning is treated as secondary. Corpus linguistic analysis does not directly reveal the various meanings of a word. This must be inferred from its usage. In corpus linguistics this usually done by concordancing, collocations, clusters, etc.
I would be interested to see this subject expounded further.
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Thanks for the request.
There are bits and pieces on the rest of the blog if you are interested.
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Yes, I noticed them after posting. I’m following now so I’ll keep an eye out. (Figuratively speaking)
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