Abstract
The source for the terminology of corpus linguistics in West Slavic languages is undoubtedly English. In each of the languages studied here, we deal with both the process of acquiring loans denoting terms used in corpus linguistics, and attempts to create terminology based on native vocabulary.
The meaning of the terms is either consistent with the original meaning or modified. In some cases, there is a divergence of meaning not only on the inter-linguistic level but also within one language.
The explanation of this phenomenon is not related to the nature of corpus linguistics, but to the specificity of terminology.