corpus fetishism
An insistence that the only valid source of illustrative examples of words or language…An insistence that the only valid source of illustrative examples of words or language constructs is from the corpus (existing body of literature) of the language
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)An insistence that the only valid source of illustrative examples of words or language constructs is from the corpus (existing body of literature) of the language
Origin
Probably coined by linguist Geoffrey Pullum. http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/arProbably coined by linguist Geoffrey Pullum. http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000122.htmlhttp://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000058.html
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable