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UNSTRUCTURED CORPORA
- Which word in the following pairs appears in the largest
number of First Presidency messages: grace vs. works;
Einstein vs Dickens; revelation vs.
inspiration (Note: via library.lds.org;
then Advanced / Magazine / Ensign/ First Presidency Messages)
- Put the following three words/phrases in chronological
order, in terms of their first appearance in the
New York Times:
extraterrestrial, alcoholism, jelly bean (note: use
quotation marks around "jelly bean" to look for the exact
phrase)
- How would you test the hypothesis that American English uses
the progressive (e.g. is walking, were singing) more than
British English, using data from the web? What are three
problems you'd face in carrying out this research, and how would
you try and solve for each one (if in fact you could). Use three
bulleted items, and keep it to a paragraph or so in length.
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