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or where research is lacking, thereby guiding future research efforts. In
fields such as medicine, education, and social policy, meta-analyses offer
evidence-based conclusions that inform best practices and decision-mak-
ing processes.

Corpus Linguistics as A Meta-Analysis Driver
Corpus linguistics is a branch of linguistics that involves the systematic
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study of language through large collections of texts, known as corpora. It
employs computational tools and quantitative methods to analyze authen-
tic language use, enabling researchers to uncover patterns and trends that
may not be apparent through traditional qualitative analyses. 6
Key features of corpus linguistics include:
1) Empirical analysis: Focusing on real-world language data as op-
posed to intuition or anecdotal evidence. 7
2) Quantitative methods: Utilizing statistical techniques to examine
frequencies, distributions, and associations of linguistic features.
3) Computational tools: Employing software for processing and
analyzing large datasets efficiently. 8
4) Representative sampling: Building corpora that reflect the diver-
sity and complexity of the language or discourse being studied. 9

The application of corpus linguistics is particularly pertinent to this
research due to several key factors. First, the study involves a substantial
number of articles from four different journals, resulting in a large volume
of textual data. Corpus linguistics provides the methodologies and tools
necessary to manage and analyze such extensive datasets systematically.
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By employing corpus analysis, the research can handle this abundance of
information efficiently and effectively.
5 Tony McEnery, and Andrew Hardie, Corpus Linguistics: Method, Theory and Practi-
ce (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012).
6 Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad, and Randi Reppen, Corpus Linguistics: Investigating
Language Structure and Use (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998).
7 John Sinclair, Corpus, Concordance, Collocation (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1991).
8 Paul Baker, Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis (London: Continuum, 2006).
9 Graeme Kennedy, An Introduction to Corpus Linguistics (London: Longman, 1998).
10 McEnery and Hardie, Corpus Linguistics.

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