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A corpus is assumed to have certain characteristics attached,
with default values. Unless stated, these characteristics are
attributed to
anything called a corpus. A corpus which has one or more
non-default values for these characteristics is termed a
special corpus: its title should specify its deviations from
the assumptions.
See section 3.5.2
for further treatment of special corpora.
The assumed characteristics, with their defaults, are discussed
in the following.