Corpus

A corpus is a large collection of written or spoken language data used for analysis and research. Think of it as a massive library of texts or recordings that researchers examine to understand how language is used. For example, a corpus might contain thousands of newspaper articles, books, or conversations. Analyzing this data helps linguists, computer scientists, and language educators find patterns, study language evolution, or develop language-processing tools like speech recognition or translation systems. Essentially, a corpus provides a rich, real-world sample of language to study and learn from.