Quantitative Methods In Linguistics

Keith Johnson

• 23 september 2011
• 9781444360431

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Quantitative Methods in Linguistics offers a practical introduction to statistics and quantitative analysis with data sets drawn from the field and coverage of phonetics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and syntax, as well as probability distribution and quantitative methods. br/bulletlistbr/bulletProvides balanced treatment of the practical aspects of handling quantitative linguistic data br/bulletIncludes sample datasets contributed by researchers working in a variety of sub-disciplines of linguistics br/bulletUses R, the statistical software package most commonly used by linguists, to discover patterns in quantitative data and to test linguistic hypotheses br/bulletIncludes student-friendly end-of-chapter assignments and is accompanied by online resources at www.blackwellpublishing.com/quantmethods./bullet/bulletlist