corpus

/'kɔ:pəs/

Thân thiện

The linguist analyzed a large corpus of historical texts.

Definition

Noun: 1. A collection of written or spoken texts: A large and structured set of texts, used for linguistic analysis or as a reference body of work. 2. The main part of an organ or structure: In anatomy and biology, the principal mass or body of a structure. 3. Principal or capital sum: In finance, the principal amount of a fund or estate, as distinct from the income or interest it generates.

Usage and Examples

• As a collection of texts:
  • Linguists use a corpus of spoken English to study how language is used in everyday conversation.
  • The researcher compiled a digital corpus containing all of Shakespeare's plays.
• In anatomy/biology:
  • The corpus callosum is a broad band of nerve fibers connecting the two hemispheres of the brain.
• In finance:
  • The trust was established to preserve the corpus of the donation, using only the investment income for scholarships.

Advanced Usage

• "Corpus linguistics": A branch of linguistics that studies language through the analysis of large, real-world text corpora.
  • Corpus linguistics has revolutionized our understanding of word frequency and collocation.
• "In corpus": A Latin phrase meaning "in body," sometimes used in legal contexts to refer to a writ of habeas corpus ("you shall have the body").

Variants and Related Words

• Corpora (n): The standard plural form of "corpus," especially for collections of texts.
  • The library provides access to several linguistic corpora.
• Corporeal (adj): Relating to a physical body; tangible and material.
  • He focused on corporeal needs like food and shelter.
• Corpuscle (n): A minute body or cell in an organism, especially a red or white blood cell.
  • Red blood corpuscles carry oxygen.

Synonyms

• Collection (for texts): compilation, anthology, body of work.
• Body (for anatomy): mass, substance, bulk.
• Principal (for finance): capital, fund, endowment.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• Habeas corpus (n): A legal writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
  • The lawyer filed a writ of habeas corpus to challenge the client's unlawful imprisonment.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
2. a collection of writings
   • he edited the Hemingway corpus
3. capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

Từ đồng nghĩa

• principal
• principal sum