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← Language & CommunicationWhy does a lexicographer use a concordance during dictionary creation?
A)To minimize source text copyright issues
B)To directly implement Zipf's law constraints
C)To analyze word usage comprehensively✓
D)To bypass inherent parser limitations quickly
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Lexicographers use concordances because it enables comprehensive analysis of word usage within a large corpus; this reveals frequency, contexts, and collocations. Therefore, lexicographers construct accurate definitions and usage examples, rather than focusing on copyright, statistical distributions, or parser limitations.
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