Yuri,<div><br></div><div>a corpus is a collection of texts/speech. We call it a corpus when we view it as an object of linguistics or literary research. The answers to your questions are yes and yes.<br><br>Adam</div><div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 October 2012 13:21, Yuri Tambovtsev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yutamb@mail.ru" target="_blank">yutamb@mail.ru</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><font face="Arial">Dear corpora members, I do not understand, what
corpora is and what corpora is not. Is the set the textof books by Charles
Dickens is a Dickens corpora? What about the books of ErnstHemingway and
other writers? Looking forward to hearing your opinion to <a href="mailto:yutamb@mail.ru" target="_blank">yutamb@mail.ru</a> Yours sincerely Yuri
Tambovtsev, Novosibirsk, Russia</font></div></div>
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