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Ramesh Krishnamurthy: Change and continuity at COBUILD (1986-1996)

to be using corpora, not only for EFL dictionaries but also for bilingual and native-speaker dictionaries. 6.2 Using Full-Sentence Definitions In 1987, Cobuild was the only EFL dictionary to use full-sentence definitions. In 1996, several other dictionaries have adopted this practice. 6.3 Using Authentic Examples From The Corpus In 1987, Cobuild asserted the importance of using authentic examples directly from the corpus. In 1995, most other major EFL dictionaries claim that their examples are to some extent at least 'corpus-based'. 6.4 publishing the data COBUILD has created a reputation for innovation and creativity. Several years ago, we began to get requests from users who wanted to see the data on which our publications were based. So we published edited concordance data in our Concordance Samplers for teachers to photocopy and use in the classroom. We also released a small corpus (called the Word Bank) on our COBUILD on CD-Rom. Collocation data for the top 10,000 words was released on another CD-Rom. 6.5 Extending Online Use Now we are offering an online and email service (COBUILD Direct) for people who want to use our corpus data on a regular basis. We have a Website on the Internet (http://www.cobuild.collins.co.uk) where users can access a demonstration model of our corpus, look at our dictionary and other publications, and participate in various competitions and language activities. We encourage feedback from COBUILD users by letter or by email (e-mail: editors@cobuild.collins.co.uk) on all our publications and services, and take this feedback into account when planning our future activities. 7 Conclusion I would like to conclude with two quotations which I think are particularly relevant. The first specifically refers to 'graphemes' and 77