Linguistic and Technological Potentials of Author Corpora

ABSTRACTThis article analyzes the linguistic and technological potentials of author corpora within the systems of contemporary linguistics, literary studies, and the digital humanities. The study examines the nature of an author corpus and its distinctive features in comparison with general linguistic corpora, as well as its potential for identifying individual style, tracing linguistic evolution, conducting quantitative literary analysis, and applying stylometry and corpus-based approaches in the digital humanities and artificial intelligence. Particular attention is paid to the role of author corpora in integrating quantitative and qualitative analyses, as well as their significance for education and the preservation of cultural heritage. The findings make it possible to regard an author corpus not merely as a collection of texts, but as a comprehensive digital resource that enables the empirical investigation of individual style, language development, and cultural heritage. The practical part of the article demonstrates the prospects of applying this approach to the corpus-based study of Uzbek literature, particularly the creative heritage of Usmon Azim.