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(1.1-1.2) Is corpus
linguistics a branch of linguistics?
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What were the major fields
of study in corpus linguistics previous to the late 1950s?
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(1.3) What is the
difference between a rationalist and and an empirical approach to language?
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What is the difference
between competence and performance? Which one did Chomsky favor, and why?
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Discuss the issue of
recursivity and infinite sentences, and how it relates to corpus linguistics
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Discuss the issue of
introspection (vs external data), and how it relates to corpus linguistics
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What was the situation with
data processing in the 1950s-1970s, and how did this impact on corpus
linguistics?
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(1.4) ["Corpus linguistics
strikes back"] Why is a corpus at least as good or better than individual
introspection?
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How have advances in data
processing aided the resurgence of corpus linguistics?
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Briefly summarize some of
the work that was done in corpus linguistics during the "dark ages" from the
1950s-1980s