| Concordance |
A
concordance of any word is a list of sentences the word
appears in, taken from authentic
material – newspapers, magazines, radio programs,
television programs, books, etc.
Example: A concordance of the word can might include
sentences like this:
There’s a can of tuna in the cupboard.
Can you help me?
I’d love to come, but I don’t think I can.
It’s a picture of a can-can dancer by Toulouse-Lautrec.
I can’t imagine anything more ridiculous.
Concordances are used for compiling the definitions and
examples that appear in many ELT dictionaries.
The set of language from which the concordance of a word is
taken is called a corpus.
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