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Unread Aug 10th, 2006, 08:21 pm
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Default Re: Corpus and Corpi

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Google is good for the web but again it's just indexed web text. Corpora usually collect litterary works or 'respected' works for their database. They both have their advantages and disadvantages.

Corpora are pretty cool. They have different languages, old English, a corpus for coins, ...
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