CORPORA AND THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION: A HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS PERSPECTIVE
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https://doi.org/10.30888/2663-5712.2025-30-04-041Keywords:
corpus linguistics, historical linguistics, diachronic corpora, language change, comparative method, corpus-based analysis, computational linguisticsAbstract
This article explores the integration of diachronic corpora into historical linguistic research, focusing on their role in analyzing language change over time. The study outlines key diachronic corpora, such as the Helsinki Corpus of English Texts and thMetrics
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