Units of Meaning in Translation — How to Make Real Use of Corpus Evidence
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Over the last decades, the use of corpora has grown in popularity as more and more researchers and professionals in the language industry have discovered its potential. With new methodologies and data, corpus linguistics has made us aware of language patterns that were previously hidden in obscurity. The field of translation is only one of many language subjects to be fascinated by the insights which have come from authentic language data.
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