Corpus
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːrpəs/
Corpus (noun)
- A large collection of written or spoken texts used for studying language.
- All the writings or works of a particular author or subject.
- The main part of an organ or structure in the body.
Examples
- The linguist analyzed a large corpus of modern English.
- Researchers compiled a corpus of historical documents.
Common collocations: analyze a corpus, compile a corpus, corpus of literature, corpus of research, artist's corpus