Web for/as Corpus
In this article the potential of the multilingual Web to function as a corpus, in addition to a source for corpus creation, is examined. Despite the fact that English dominates the Web, and despite the fact that most work in corpus linguistics revolves around English, it will be argued that African...
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Nordic Africa Research Network
2002-06-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/360 |
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| author | Gilles-Maurice de Schryver |
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In this article the potential of the multilingual Web to function as a corpus, in addition to a source for corpus creation, is examined. Despite the fact that English dominates the Web, and despite the fact that most work in corpus linguistics revolves around English, it will be argued that African languages do have a place in the bigger picture. Substantial African-language Web corpora can indeed already be compiled (Web for Corpus) and accessed (Web as Corpus), and the list of potential applications grows by the day.
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| spelling | doaj.art-abc045733eed4421b1249a60ea40886e2023-09-03T11:54:31ZengNordic Africa Research NetworkNordic Journal of African Studies1459-94652002-06-0111210.53228/njas.v11i2.360Web for/as CorpusGilles-Maurice de Schryver0Ghent University, Belgium & University of Pretoria, South Africa In this article the potential of the multilingual Web to function as a corpus, in addition to a source for corpus creation, is examined. Despite the fact that English dominates the Web, and despite the fact that most work in corpus linguistics revolves around English, it will be argued that African languages do have a place in the bigger picture. Substantial African-language Web corpora can indeed already be compiled (Web for Corpus) and accessed (Web as Corpus), and the list of potential applications grows by the day. https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/360Webcorpusparallel corporaAfrican languagesspelling and grammar checkeronline web-as-corpus query software |
| spellingShingle | Gilles-Maurice de Schryver Web for/as Corpus Nordic Journal of African Studies Web corpus parallel corpora African languages spelling and grammar checker online web-as-corpus query software |
| title | Web for/as Corpus |
| title_full | Web for/as Corpus |
| title_fullStr | Web for/as Corpus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Web for/as Corpus |
| title_short | Web for/as Corpus |
| title_sort | web for as corpus |
| topic | Web corpus parallel corpora African languages spelling and grammar checker online web-as-corpus query software |
| url | https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/360 |
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