noncorpus

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Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ corpus

Adjective[edit]

noncorpus (not comparable)

  1. Not of or relating to a corpus.
    • 1974, David Cohen, Explaining linguistic phenomena, page 64:
      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.
    • 2002, Carol Efrati, The Road of Danger, Guilt, and Shame, page 13:
      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.