In:Quantitative Linguistics
Marie Těšitelová
[Linguistic and Literary Studies in Eastern Europe 37] 1992
► pp. 5–9
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Published online: 13 August 1992
https://doi.org/10.1075/llsee.37.toc
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Table of contents
Prelim pages
Table of contents
I. Quantitative Linguistics
1. The scope of quantitative linguistics
2. The object of quantitative linguistics
3. A note about the foundations of quantitative linguistics
II. Methods of Research
1. Unit of population
1.1. Unit of population in lexical statistics
1.2. Unit of population in grammatical statistics
1.3. Unit of population in semantic statistics22
1.4. Unit of population in other domains of quantitative linguistics22
1.5. Conclusions23
2. Problems of sampling the material
2.1. Sampling of material from the qualitative viewpoint
2.2. Sampling of material from the quantitative viewpoint
3. Some statistical and other characteristics common in quantitative linguistics
3.1. Frequency, rank, order
3.2. Mean56
3.3. Variance and standard deviation
3.4. Frequency distribution
3.5. Coefficients
3.6. Correlation, correlation coefficient
3.7. Concepts of information theory, entropy, redundancy65
3.8. Conclusions66
III. The Main Areas of Quantitative Linguistics
1. Lexical statistics
1.1. The object of lexical statistics67
1.2. Problems of methods of investigation
1.3. Selected publications on lexical statistics
1.4. Conclusions100
2. Grammatical statistics
2.1. The object of grammatical statistics100
2.2. Methods of research101
2.3. The components of grammatical statistics
3. Semantic statistics
3.1. The object of semantic statistics135
3.2. Methods of research
3.3. Selected publications on semantic statistics
3.4. Conclusions144
IV. Other Domains of Quantitative Linguistics
1. Phonological statistics
1.1. The object of phonological statistics145
1.2. Methods of research
1.3. Selected publications on phonological statistics
2. Graphemic statistics
2.1. The object of graphemic statistics155
2.2. Methods of research156
2.3. Selected publications on graphemic statistics
2.4. Conclusions159
3. Stylistic statistics
3.1. The object of stylistic statistics160
3.2. Methods of research
3.3. Selected publications on stylistic statistics
3.4. Conclusions177
4. Typological statistics
4.1. The object of typological statistics177
4.2. Methods of research177
4.3. Selected publications in typological statistics
4.4. Conclusions181
5. Statistics concerning the development of language(s)
5.1. The object of quantification181
5.2. Research methods
5.3. Selected publications on statistics concerning the development of language(s)
5.4. Conclusions188
6. Word-formation statistics
V. The Application of the Results of Quantitative Linguistics
1. Linguistic applications
2. Applications in education
2.1. Teaching the mother tongue
2.2. Foreign language teaching
3. Interdisciplinary applications197
4. Technical applications198
5. Conclusions199
VI. Quantitative Linguistics and Computers
VII. Perspectives of Quantitative Linguistics
Notes208
References
List of abbreviations of the analyzed texts and other language materials
List of other abbreviations
Name index
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