[Corpora-List] Stubbs' analogy?

[Martin Reynaert]

Hi,

Try `Stubbs telescope corpus' in Google.

Greetings,

Martin Reynaert
Postdoc
Induction of Linguistic Knowledge
Tilburg University
The Netherlands


Xiaotian Guo wrote:
> 
> Dear colleagues
> 
> I remember Michael Stubbs once used an analogy in stressing the
> importance of the advent of corpora to linguists and the analogy
> is the creation of telescope to astronauts. But I forgot the source.
> Could anybody direct me to the reference?
> 
> Michael, if you could see the query, you are more than welcome to
> reply youself.
> 
> 
> Best
> 
> 
> Xiaotian Guo
> 
> PhD candidate
> The University of Birmingham