The corpus used for the project on Language, Computers and Style
This corpus was build using several sources:
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The structure of the corpus
Newspaper articles about business and commerce
Files from BNC and WBE were included in this category. They include business articles from newspapers or sites specialised in business news distribution. In some cases a file from BNC contains more than one article
Newspaper articles about science
Files from BNC were used for this section. They are news about discoveries in science and articles for popularising science. In most of the cases a file contains more that one article
Newspaper articles about politics
Files from BNC were used for this section. They include political news.
Scientific papers discussing methods
The main source for this section was JAIR. The files included in this category are articles published in journals and propose new methods for different problems.
Scientific papers which review and evaluate methods
Files from BNC and JAIR were included. They discuss and evaluate scientific method. The justification for having two different categories of scientific papers is that a paper which puts forward a method is slightly different from one which mainly evaluate or reviews the literature from a domain.
Business reports and letters to shareholders
For this category files from WBE and BNC were used. They are annual reports and letters to shareholders. Some of the files could be included in Newspaper articles about business and commerce. However, most of them were not meant for publication in newspapers, instead they appear in the news section of different companies' websites.
Leaflets
Files from BNC were used. Most of them are advertising and instructional leaflets.
Instructional texts and manuals
Files from BNC were included. They are instructional and DIY texts. In the case of magazine articles, several are included in a file.
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