corpus fetishism
Noun
Meaning
corpus fetishism (uncountable)
(linguistics) An 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
Noun
corpus fetishism (uncountable)
(linguistics) An 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