Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2022
Chapter 5 describes the process of constructing the MI 1984–2014 Corpus, from compiling the sampling frame (e.g. search terms, dates covered) to the compilation procedure for the illness and year subcorpora. In particular, a detailed discussion of the interpretative status of search terms is provided. Practical issues related to compiling corpora such as cleaning the data are discussed. Furthermore, the problems that the interdisciplinary nature of corpus construction poses for the researcher are outlined.
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