Corpus linguistics 25+years on
(2007) ICAME 25 p.11-25- Abstract
- In the history of English language research on computerised corpora, the year 1977 marks an important event with the birth of ICAME - the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English - which set off international co-operation on a large scale. The use of computer corpora, from being a fringe activity, has become a mainstream methodology. Yet there was corpus life also before ICAME. I have sometimes been asked why, in the unsupportive linguistic environment of the 1960s, I chose to become 'a corpus linguist' - there might have been moments when being so named felt like discovering your name on the passenger list for the Titanic. This contribution is very much a personal memoir of those early days when the first corpora were... (More)
- In the history of English language research on computerised corpora, the year 1977 marks an important event with the birth of ICAME - the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English - which set off international co-operation on a large scale. The use of computer corpora, from being a fringe activity, has become a mainstream methodology. Yet there was corpus life also before ICAME. I have sometimes been asked why, in the unsupportive linguistic environment of the 1960s, I chose to become 'a corpus linguist' - there might have been moments when being so named felt like discovering your name on the passenger list for the Titanic. This contribution is very much a personal memoir of those early days when the first corpora were being compiled when computers were rare, expensive, unreliable and inaccessible to ordinary folk - huge machines located inside glass doors and operated by engineers dressed in white coats, and when CD only stood for Corps Diplomatique. (Less)
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- author
- Svartvik, Jan LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2007
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Corpus Linguistics 25 Years On
- editor
- Facchinetti, Roberta
- issue
- 62
- pages
- 11 - 25
- publisher
- Rodopi
- conference name
- ICAME 25
- conference location
- Verona, Italy
- conference dates
- 2004-05-19 - 2004-05-23
- external identifiers
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- wos:000246928600001
- ISSN
- 0921-5034
- ISBN
- 978-90-420-2195-2
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- df0827e8-1a45-4ac7-b581-4eb51fa1deee (old id 1409824)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 16:54:43
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abstract = {{In the history of English language research on computerised corpora, the year 1977 marks an important event with the birth of ICAME - the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English - which set off international co-operation on a large scale. The use of computer corpora, from being a fringe activity, has become a mainstream methodology. Yet there was corpus life also before ICAME. I have sometimes been asked why, in the unsupportive linguistic environment of the 1960s, I chose to become 'a corpus linguist' - there might have been moments when being so named felt like discovering your name on the passenger list for the Titanic. This contribution is very much a personal memoir of those early days when the first corpora were being compiled when computers were rare, expensive, unreliable and inaccessible to ordinary folk - huge machines located inside glass doors and operated by engineers dressed in white coats, and when CD only stood for Corps Diplomatique.}},
author = {{Svartvik, Jan}},
booktitle = {{Corpus Linguistics 25 Years On}},
editor = {{Facchinetti, Roberta}},
isbn = {{978-90-420-2195-2}},
issn = {{0921-5034}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{62}},
pages = {{11--25}},
publisher = {{Rodopi}},
title = {{Corpus linguistics 25+years on}},
year = {{2007}},
}