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noncorpus

noncorpus adjective: not of or relating to a corpus.

Adjective

noncorpus (not comparable)

  1. Not of or relating to a corpus.
    • It might be claimed that much of the noncorpus data I have mentioned above is performance data and therefore is not relevant to the task of grammar construction and verification.1974, David Cohen, Explaining linguistic phenomena, page 64
    • Most of this noncorpus poetry has previously not been easily accessible and has been ignored by the critics, with the notable exceptions of Laurence Housman, Tom Burns Haber, and William White.2002, Carol Efrati, The Road of Danger, Guilt, and Shame, page 13

Origin of noncorpus

From non- + corpus.

Questions about noncorpus

What does noncorpus mean?
Noncorpus means not of or relating to a corpus.
What part of speech is noncorpus?
Noncorpus is an adjective.

Words near noncorpus in the dictionary

  1. noncorporate
  2. noncorporation
  3. noncorporations
  4. noncorporeal
  5. noncorporeality
  6. noncorpus
  7. noncorpuscular
  8. noncorrect
  9. noncorrected
  10. noncorrecting
  11. noncorrection

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