Iberian Studies

From "La Carcajada" 1872, found in the Duke Libraries Special Collections

Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (CREA)

This reference corpus of modern Spanish is a data bank providing a structured set of texts for lexicographic and grammatical research. It compiles texts found in journals, newspapers, books and oral transcriptions covering the last 25 years. Half of its content represents texts from Spain and the other half represents texts published in Latin America. Created by the Spanish Royal Academy.

Corpus del Español

Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and created by Prof. Mark Davies of Brigham Young University, this corpus of Spanish covers text dating from the 1200s through the 1900s. It contains 100 million words ranging from textual sources such as manuscripts and books to oral transcriptions. Interface in English and Spanish.

Corpus Diacrónico del Español (CORDE)

The Diachronic Corpus of Spanish is a data bank that provides a structured set of texts for lexicographic and grammatical research dating from the beginning of the Spanish language until 1975. 74% of the texts compiled originated in Spain and the rest in Latin American countries. It is divided into two main groups: fiction and non-fiction texts. Created by the Royal Spanish Academy.