These corpora were created by
Mark Davies,
Professor of Linguistics at Brigham
Young University. They have many different uses, including: finding out how native
speakers actually speak and write; looking at language variation and change; finding the frequency of words, phrases, and collocates; and designing
authentic language teaching materials and resources.
The corpora are used by more
than 100,000 people each month (more than 200,000 visits), which makes them perhaps the most widely-used
corpora currently available. They also serve as the basis for an increasing
number of publications by researchers from
throughout the world.
* Our architecture and interface to the
BNC from
OUP
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