Which of the following are true about corpus linguistics?

1. A. It works on a collection of naturally occurring spoken and written texts.
2. B. It has ensured the supremacy of speech over writing.
3. C. It concerns the teaching of linguistics at school level.
4. D. It is a methodology of computer-based empirical analysis of language use.
5. E. It is purely based on Chomskyan linguistics.

1. AA and B only
2. BB and C only
3. CA and D only
4. DC and E only

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Correct answer: C. A and D only

Explanation

Corpus linguistics (Brown Corpus 1961; COBUILD; BNC) studies large machine-readable collections of authentic text empirically. It stands in contrast to Chomsky's intuition-based approach.