Online databases as sources of linguistic information

Abstract

This report discusses the various types of linguistic information readily obtainable from online databases which are generally used for acquisition of technical information. There are illustrated examples of equivalent words, sample sentences and statistical linguistic data. The implications of online databases as substitutes for dictionaries, and as corpora for linguistic survey are discussed. Online databases include a vast amount of linguistic information, which is unabridged and continually updated, providing useful criteria for selection of words and expressions, and quantitative data for linguistic study.

Citation

Sano, H. (1988), "Online databases as sources of linguistic information", Online Review, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024262