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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The English part of the multilingual
parallel corpus JRC-Acquis comprises of 55 Million words. The overall corpus,
including all 22 languages, consists of over 1 Billion words.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You cannot search the corpus via a web
interface, but you can simply download the JRC-Acquis documents from the site <a
href="http://langtech.jrc.it/JRC-Acquis.html">http://langtech.jrc.it/JRC-Acquis.html</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ralf<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b><font size=1 color=gray
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:gray;font-weight:bold'>Ralf Steinberger</span></font></b><font size=1
color=gray face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:gray'> (</span></font><font size=1 color=gray face="Comic Sans MS"><span
lang=DE style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:gray'><a
href="mailto:Ralf.Steinberger@jrc.it" title="mailto:Ralf.Steinberger@jrc.it"><font
color=gray><span lang=EN-GB style='color:gray'><span
title="mailto:Ralf.Steinberger@jrc.it"><span
title="mailto:Ralf.Steinberger@jrc.it">Ralf.Steinberger@jrc.it</span></span></span></font></a></span></font><font
size=1 color=gray face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:gray'>) <br>
European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC)<br>
IPSC - SeS - Language Technology (</span></font><font size=1
color=gray face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:gray'><a href="http://langtech.jrc.it/" title="http://www.jrc.it/langtech"><font
size=1 color=gray><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:gray'><span
title="http://www.jrc.it/langtech"><span title="http://www.jrc.it/langtech">http://langtech.jrc.it</span></span></span></font></a>,
<a href="http://press.jrc.it/NewsExplorer/" title="http://www.jrc.it/langtech"><font
size=1 color=gray><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:gray'><span
title="http://www.jrc.it/langtech"><span title="http://www.jrc.it/langtech">http://press.jrc.it/NewsExplorer</span></span></span></font></a></span></font><font
size=1 color=gray face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:gray'>) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:gray'><br>
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</span></font><font size=1 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'><a
href="http://langtech.jrc.it/#Publications"
title="http://langtech.jrc.it/#Publications"><font color=maroon
title="http://langtech.jrc.it/#Publications"><span
title="http://langtech.jrc.it/#Publications"><span style='color:maroon;
text-decoration:none'>The JRC’s Language Technology group specialises in
the development of highly multilingual text analysis tools and in cross-lingual
applications. An example is our multilingual (19 languages) news analysis
application NewsExplorer, publicly accessible at </span><span
title="http://langtech.jrc.it/#Publications">http://press.jrc.it/NewsExplorer</span></font><font
color=maroon><span style='color:maroon;text-decoration:none'>. </span></span></font></a><span
class=MsoHyperlink><font color=maroon><span style='color:maroon;text-decoration:
none'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'><a
href="http://press.jrc.it/NewsExplorer" title="http://press.jrc.it/NewsExplorer"><font
color=maroon title="http://press.jrc.it/NewsExplorer"><span
title="http://press.jrc.it/NewsExplorer"><span style='color:maroon;text-decoration:
none'>Related JRC developments (both covering 22+ languages):</span></span></font></a><span
class=MsoHyperlink><font color=maroon><span style='color:maroon;text-decoration:
none'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=MsoHyperlink><font size=1 color=maroon face=Arial><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;text-decoration:none'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR><b><font
size=1 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon;font-weight:bold'>NewsBrief</span></font></b></span><font
size=1 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'> (<a href="http://press.jrc.it/"><font
color=maroon><span style='color:maroon'>http://press.jrc.it</span></font></a>):
breaking news detection and display of the very latest thematic news from
around the world;<span class=MsoHyperlink><font color=maroon><span
style='color:maroon;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=1 color=maroon face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:maroon'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=1
color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>Medical Information System <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>MedISys</span></b> (<a href="http://medusa.jrc.it/"><font
color=maroon><span style='color:maroon'>http://medusa.jrc.it</span></font></a>):
displays the latest health-related news from around the world according to
themes and diseases.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:gray;text-decoration:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><font size=1 color=green
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:green;text-decoration:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><font size=1 color=green
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:green;text-decoration:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
owner-corpora@lists.uib.no [mailto:owner-corpora@lists.uib.no] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dr Wendy Anderson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 29 May 2007 13:56<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> CORPORA@UIB.NO<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Corpora-List] Query:
free online corpora</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I'm looking for online corpora of English which can be accessed and
searched online, free of charge (either requiring registration or not). I'm
interested in all varieties, times periods, genres, modes, levels of
annotation, etc., and it doesn't matter whether a search returns all data or
only a sample. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I'd be very grateful if Corpora members could let me know of resources
which fit these criteria and are not already listed at the foot of this
message. I'll post a summary of responses in due course. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Wendy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I'm aware of the following corpora: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>BNC (<a href="http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/">http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/</a>)
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>VIEW interface to the BNC (<a href="http://view.byu.edu/">http://view.byu.edu/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>COBUILD Corpus Concordance Sampler (<a
href="http://www.collins.co.uk/corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx">http://www.collins.co.uk/corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>SCOTS (<a href="http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk">http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>ELISA (<a href="http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/elisa/html/elisa_index.html">http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/elisa/html/elisa_index.html</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Compleat Lexical Tutor (access to Brown and BNC sampler among others) (<a
href="http://www.lextutor.ca/">http://www.lextutor.ca/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Virtual Language Centre Web Concordancer (access to Brown, LOB among
others) (<a href="http://www.edict.com.hk/default.htm">http://www.edict.com.hk/default.htm</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>IViE Corpus (<a href="http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/IViE/">http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/IViE/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Speech Accent Archive (<a href="http://accent.gmu.edu/">http://accent.gmu.edu/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>....................<br>
Dr Wendy J Anderson<br>
Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech<br>
Department of English Language<br>
University of Glasgow<br>
12 University Gardens<br>
Glasgow<br>
G12 8QQ<br>
Scotland, UK<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Website: <a href="http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk">http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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