Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)

The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) is a very large corpus of American English. The original, frequently updated version of COCA is provided by Mark Davies via the corpus interface at english-corpora.org. The Language Bank of Finland offers several ”snapshot” versions of COCA under a restricted academic license that is available for users affiliated with a university in Finland. 

See also the rest of the corpora from english-corpora.org that are available at the Language Bank of Finland.

Currently available versions of this resource group

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Resource information

For the description of an individual corpus version, please see the metadata record (click on the link at the corpus title).

More information about all corpora from english-corpora.org that are available via the Language Bank

License and access

For the license text of an individual corpus, click on the license image in the corpus list, or see the metadata record (click on the link at the corpus title). Note that there are specific additional terms and conditions that apply on this and other corpora from BYU, see https://www.corpusdata.org/restrictions.asp. The link is included in the official license.

Korp versions

  • Some of the corpus versions are available for searching via the Korp concordancer tool (click on the link under ’Location’).
  • Access to the Korp versions requires academic login via a university in Finland.

Downloadable versions

  • Access to the downloadable corpora mentioned above is restricted to researchers affiliated to member universities of the FIN-CLARIN consortium in Finland. Download access can usually be provided to graduate or postgraduate students in case the applicant needs the corpora for an MA thesis or for a PhD dissertation.
  • To obtain access to restricted corpora, please submit an application via the Language Bank Rights (after logging in to the LBR service, search the catalogue for ’Mark Davies’ downloadable corpora at Kielipankki.’).
  • To access the download service, click on the link under ’Location’, or see the metadata record for the link.

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Last modified on 2025-02-18