[Corpora-List] What is corpora and what is not?

Tue Oct 9 02:03:07 UTC 2012

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Alexander Yeh <asy at mitre.org> wrote:

> But then everybody can have their own definition, and then no common
> definition exists.
>

True. But, the power of science is derived from the fact that we
*don't* all have our own definitions. By using commonly agreed on
terms, we can communicate with each other with less ambiguity. It also
allows us to do research and compare results. Without commonly agreed
on terms, we cannot build knowledge.

Laurence.

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