Ngrams
Corpus Linguistics 101
Parkinson and Musgraves article trivia
Grammar
Miscellaneous Corpus Info
100

Name for the count of distinct words in a corpus

Types

100

What is the plural of corpus?

Corpora

100

How many groups were included in the experiment?

2 groups 

100

What part of speech is "of"?

Preposition

100

Fill in the blanks: A corpus is a l_ _ _ e and p_ _ _ _ _ _ d collection of texts

large, principled

200

Name for the count of all words in a corpus, including repeats?

Tokens

200

What is the name for the count of a specific word in a text?

The frequency 

200

What is a Noun Phrase?

A phrase that has a noun as its head that functions as a subject or object

200

What part of speech is "and"? 

A coordinating conjuction

200

A corpus can be randomly selected material (True or False)

False

300

What is another name for a corpus that has been annotated?

A tagged corpus

300

What does POS stand for in regards to Corpus Linguistics?

Part of Speech

300

What is the head of a noun phrase?

The main or central part of the noun phrase

300

What part of speech is "the" ?

Determiner
300

What are the main two applications that we have used in analyzing corpora in class?

Sketch Engine and AntConc

400

What is a pair of consecutive words in a string of tokens called? 

A Bigram

400

What is the definition of Concordance?

Alphabetical list of principled words in a text

400

Attributive Adjectives are one of the first things learned when in an english language classroom. (True/False)

True

400

A relative clause is a premodifier (True or False)

False

400
What is the name of the podcast that we watch for homework assignments?

CorpusCast

500

What is a lexical bundle?

3 or more words that occur together in a high frequency

500

What is the name of the first modern corpus created in the 1960s?

The Brown Corpus

500

What does EAP stand for in the presentation of the included groups in the experiment?

English for Academic Purposes

500

What is a language unit that classifies a set of words that are related through inflection?

A lexeme

500

Where does Dr. Robbie Love teach?

Aston University