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L-3 Theoretical distinctions between parallel, specialized, and general corpora

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  1. Corpus Studies in Applied Linguistics • Introduction Lesson • Your Name – Faculty of Foreign Languages

  2. Warm-up Questions • How do you usually learn new words? • Do real texts help you learn language better? Why?

  3. What is a Corpus? • A large, structured collection of texts • Stored in electronic form • Used for language research

  4. Key Features of Corpora • Large and authentic • Searchable with software • Empirical (based on real data)

  5. Types of Corpora • General corpus – BNC, COCA • Specialized corpus – medical, legal texts • Parallel corpus – bilingual (English–Uzbek)

  6. Applications • Language teaching • Translation studies • Dictionary making • NLP (machine translation, AI)

  7. Example (COCA Search) • Word: environment • Frequency: ~120,000 times • Collocations: • environmental protection • business environment • learning environment

  8. Classroom Task • Choose one word (technology, culture, education) • Search in COCA or BNC • Find 2–3 collocations • Share with the class

  9. Review Questions • What is a corpus? • Name two types of corpora. • Why are collocations useful?

  10. Homework • Search 5 words in COCA or BNC → write collocations • Write a short essay: 'What is corpus linguistics and why is it important?'

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