CORPUS FOR EXTRACTING LEXICAL BUNDLES: REVIEWING METHODOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS

Abstract

Lexical bundles function as building blocks in the spoken or written discourse. Lexical bundles are the central focus of corpus-based research. The corpus design plays a vital role in successful research on lexical bundles, as the data quality directly influences the identification of lexical bundles. The present study is descriptive in nature and focuses on reviewing the literature on the design of a corpus that can be used for extracting lexical bundles. It discusses the internal and external classification of corpora and several issues that a researcher should consider before designing a corpus. It further reviews several structural and functional taxonomies identifying frequently used lexical bundles.