Corpora - Why would I use a corpus (Toolkit Activity)
“Corpus: The most useful research tool you didn’t know you needed.”
A corpus is a representative collection of texts, that can be used to research how people speak and what they say about different things.
Students and academics can also use a corpus to help them with writing and word choice, to supplement or even replace usage guides.
This task will give you a flavour of how a corpus might be used in your research. You can try this task on your own, although it was designed to be done in a classroom with a teacher to support you.
You will need an internet connection and a web browser. Talk to your IT support person about this.
