Statistics for Corpus Linguistics

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EDINBURGH TEXTBOOKS IN EMPIRlCi|KL LII^MHI^'CS , Series Editors: Tony McEnery Andrew Wilson
The increasing accessibility and convenience of large databanks (or 'corpora') of natural language, and the belief that theoiy must be firmly based on language as rt is, have placed empirical linguistics once again at the forefront of linguistics. TtO^ries provides accessible introductions for students coming to empirical linguistics for the iprst time. Books selected for the series are clearly written Introductions whlcf| enauimntre practical use of empirical data through specially deigned individual and class exercises.
Statistics for Corpus l^m ^ ;cs
Michael R Oakes
Statistical, techniques and corpus applications ~ whether oriented towards linguistics or language engineering - often go hand in glove. Corpus linguists have used an increasingly wide variety of statistics, drawing on techniques developed in a great many fields. This book is the first to present, in one volume, a... Tovább

Fülszöveg

EDINBURGH TEXTBOOKS IN EMPIRlCi|KL LII^MHI^'CS , Series Editors: Tony McEnery Andrew Wilson
The increasing accessibility and convenience of large databanks (or 'corpora') of natural language, and the belief that theoiy must be firmly based on language as rt is, have placed empirical linguistics once again at the forefront of linguistics. TtO^ries provides accessible introductions for students coming to empirical linguistics for the iprst time. Books selected for the series are clearly written Introductions whlcf| enauimntre practical use of empirical data through specially deigned individual and class exercises.
Statistics for Corpus l^m ^ ;cs
Michael R Oakes
Statistical, techniques and corpus applications ~ whether oriented towards linguistics or language engineering - often go hand in glove. Corpus linguists have used an increasingly wide variety of statistics, drawing on techniques developed in a great many fields. This book is the first to present, in one volume, a comprehensive introduction to the statistics currently used in corpus linguistics.
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• Designed for the use of non-mathematicians, with ail technical terms explained.
• A wide variety of examples showing the use of the various statistical techniques in corpus linguistics.
• - Supporting study questions for each chapter.
• The most relevant mathematical tables included.


Michael Oakes is currently a Research Associate in the Computing Department at the University of Lancaster He is formerly a Research Associate in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language also at the University of Lancaster.

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