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Characteristics

  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.