corpus-based lexicographical methods

/ˈkɔːrpəs beɪst ˌleksɪkəˈɡræfɪkəl ˈmeθədz/

noun phrase

  1. Methods used in dictionary-making that rely on large electronic collections of real texts and speech (corpora) to study word frequency, meaning, collocation, and usage, and to select examples.

    C2

    plural noun phrase; technical/academictechnical

    • "Modern dictionaries use corpus-based lexicographical methods to find real examples of words."B1
    • "The team used corpus-based lexicographical methods to identify common meanings of the word."B2
    • "Corpus-based lexicographical methods help dictionary editors describe patterns of usage rather than relying only on intuition."C1

Collocations

corpus linguisticsdictionary compilationlexicographic evidence

Word family

corpuslexicographylexicographerlexicographical