HONGKONG PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE TEACHING 16 (1993) Hong Kong Texts on Hong Kong: Developing Computer Text Corpora at Hong Kong University
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This paper reports on a project to develop two computer text corpora, called Hong Kong Texts on Hong Kong, at the University of Hong Kong English Centre . These corpora are intended to serve as a resource for teachers and researchers who need information on English usage in published text in Hong Kong . The aim of this report is to disseminate information on the project, and also to initiate discussion on how the corpora might be used and developed .
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تاریخ انتشار 2000