Corpus linguistics is the study of corpora, or texts, which can be obtained from the real-world samples. The emergence of computer technology has opened up the opportunity to study the texts easily. The analysis can be done to investigate the structure of texts, uses, their nature, occurrence, or pretty much everything you wish to 'see' what's in a text. The process can bring out various new knowledge that can contribute in the study of linguistics.
The computer can help to sort our, retrieve or list out the texts you wish to study. Being able to do has enabled linguists to utilise the advancement of the technology in a very meaningful way. Now, everyone can incorporate the contribution of corpus linguistics to further analyse how a text can be sorted out. The availability of corpus can enrich BENL students' studies by using the advantage of knowing how corpus linguistics works. It can help the students to find articles which are more suited for their needs. Analysing real-world samples can be more convenient as the technology of the computer will effortlessly do the job without us sweating ourselves out doing it manually.
As BENL students are expected to be so critical in their thinking, one is expected to be able to see that there's more in a text. Let's say a person wishes to see how repetitive certain words in a speech or a writing. The repetition can signify certain characteristics and way of thinking. This blog post uses a repetition of the word "anaylyse", it dawned on me maybe I should actually really start using my knowledge of corpus linguistics to broaden my style of writing.
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