Re: Corpora: minimum size of corpu?

From: Ute Röme (ute.roemer@uni-koeln.de)
Date: Wed Feb 09 2000 - 22:28:47 MET

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    Hi Elaine,

    to answer your question: there is no such thing as a minimum size of a
    corpus. I would even say that a collection of three poems can already be a
    called "corpus". But the problem is that your results are only as good as
    your corpus, i. e. bigger corpora are usually more representative than
    smaller ones. Nevertheless I think you should try to do an analysis of your
    276 verses!

    Ute Römer

    >
    >Hello,
    >
    >What is the minimum size for a corpus? I just started Biblical Aramaic,
    >which is only 10 chapters, 276 verses. Is that large enough to do
    >meaningful corpus work on? How much more material would I need, if it's
    >not big enough?
    >
    >Elaine Keown
    >
    >
    >
    >



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