语料库一词在语言学上意指大量的文本，通常经过整理，具有既定格式与标记；事实上，语料库英文 "text corpus" 的涵意即为 "body of text"。
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Text corpus 语料库
（重定向自Textome）
In linguistics, a corpus (plural corpora) or text corpus is a large and structured set of texts (nowadays usually electronically stored and processed). They are used to do statistical analysis and hypothesis testing, checking occurrences or validating linguistic rules within a specific language territory.