Corpus fetishism

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAn 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

Synonyms

corpus corpus linguistics corpuscularianism corpuscularism logocentrism lexiconophilia syntactocentrism phallologocentrism lexicalism contact linguistics cargo cult localism

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