szövegtár

A szövegtár, often translated as "text corpus" or "corpus of texts," refers to a large, structured collection of written or spoken language used for linguistic analysis and research. These collections are typically assembled and organized in a systematic way to represent a particular language, dialect, genre, or time period. The primary purpose of a szövegtár is to provide authentic language data that can be studied to understand various linguistic phenomena.

The contents of a szövegtár can vary widely. They might include books, articles, transcripts of conversations, social media posts, or even historical documents. Crucially, these texts are often annotated with linguistic information, such as part-of-speech tags, grammatical structures, or semantic meanings. This annotation process, known as corpus tagging or annotation, enhances the usability of the corpus for detailed analysis.

Szövegtárak are indispensable tools for linguists, computational linguists, lexicographers, and language teachers. They enable researchers to identify patterns in language use, study the evolution of words and grammar, develop dictionaries and language learning materials, and train natural language processing (NLP) models. The availability of large, well-curated szövegtárak has significantly advanced the field of linguistics by providing empirical evidence for theoretical claims and facilitating data-driven research.