[Corpora-List] Re: size of reference corpus

[Lam Yuen Wing, Peter]

Dear all,

I'm working on my MA degree project using WordSmith Tools to analyse a
specialised corpus.  Because of the limited availability of a reference
corpus, I can only use the Brown corpus as my reference corpus, which is
just half the size of my specialised corpus.

Could anyone advise me the implications of having a reference corpus half
the size of the specialised in a corpus analysis using WordSmith Tools.

Thank you in advance for any advice.

Peter Lam


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