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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a danger of re-inventing the
wheel here. Other social sciences have established protocols for dealing with
sociological data. Anyone directly concerned with this issue might wish to
consult colleagues in sociolinguistics or sociology. It might turn out that
Corpus Linguistics has special circumstances that need to be taken into
account, but it seems sensible to start with existing solutions to the
problem.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>*********************************************************<BR>Dr Ngoni
Chipere<BR>Research Fellow<BR>School of Education, University of
Reading<BR>Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading, RG6 1HY, UK<BR>tel 0118 9875123 ext
4943<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>