The Advanced Theory of Language as Choice and Chance
The Advanced Theory of Language as Choice and Chance

Author: Gustav Herdan

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 3642883885

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In trying to give an account of the statistical properties of language, one is faced with the problem of having to find the common thread which would show the many and multifarious forms of language statistic- embodied in scattered papers written by linguists, philosophers, mathe maticians, engineers, each using his own professional idiom - as belong ing to one great whole: quantitative linguistics. This means that the investigator has to find the system of this branch of science which would enable him to arrange the vast material in an orderly fashion, and present it as an organic whole. Such a system is conceived in this book, as comprising the following disciplines as the four main branches of literary statistics: Statistical Linguistics, Stylostatistics, Optimal Systems of Language Structure, and Linguistic Duality (Parts I-IV). The Introduction is meant to define the position of the book with regard to both, linguistics and statistics.

Probability Models And Applications (Revised Second Edition)
Probability Models And Applications (Revised Second Edition)

Author: Ingram Olkin

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2019-09-03

Total Pages: 732

ISBN-13: 9813202068

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Written by renowned experts in the field, this reissue of a textbook has as its unifying theme the role that probability models have had, and continue to have, in scientific and practical applications. It includes many examples, with actual data, of real-world use of probability models, while expositing the mathematical theory of probability at an introductory calculus-based level. Detailed descriptions of the properties and applications of probability models that have successfully modeled real phenomena are given, as well as an explanation of methods for testing goodness of fit of these models. Readers will receive a firm foundation in techniques for deriving distributions of various summaries of data that will prepare them for subsequent studies of statistics, as well as a solid grounding in concepts such as that of conditional probability that will prepare them for more advanced courses in stochastic processes.

Dependency Structures from Syntax to Discourse
Dependency Structures from Syntax to Discourse

Author: Hongxin ZHANG

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-09-28

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1000957276

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Based on the large corpora of journalistic English, this title examines dependency relations and related properties at both syntactic and discourse levels, seeking to unravel the language patterns of real-life usage. With a focus on rank-frequency distribution, the author investigates the distribution of linguistic properties/units from the perspectives of properties, motifs and sequencings. At the syntactic level, the book analyses the following three dimensions: various combinations of a complete dependency structure, valency and dependency distance. At the discourse level, it proves that the elements can also form dependency relations by exploring (1) the rank-frequency distribution of Rhetorical Structure Theory relations, their motifs, discourse valency and discourse dependency distance; (2) whether there is top-down organisation or an inverted pyramid structure at all the three discourse levels; and (3) whether discourse dependency distances and valencies are lawfully distributed, following the same distribution patterns as those at the syntactic level. This book will be of great value for scholars and students of quantitative linguistics and computational linguistics and its practical insights will also benefit professionals of language teaching and journalistic writing.

Mathematical Linguistics
Mathematical Linguistics

Author: Andras Kornai

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-11-10

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1846289858

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Mathematical Linguistics introduces the mathematical foundations of linguistics to computer scientists, engineers, and mathematicians interested in natural language processing. The book presents linguistics as a cumulative body of knowledge from the ground up: no prior knowledge of linguistics is assumed. As the first textbook of its kind, this book is useful for those in information science and in natural language technologies.

Contributions to the Science of Text and Language
Contributions to the Science of Text and Language

Author: Peter Grzybek

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-01-17

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1402040687

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Required reading for computational linguists, this work contains a series of important contributions to the science of language, focusing on the study of word length. The book includes an introduction to the history and state of the art of word length studies. The studies included unify contributions from three crucial fields of study in linguistics: linguistics and text analysis, mathematics and statistics, and corpus and database design. Together they provide a comprehensive approach to the quantitative study of text and language.

Linguistics in Western Europe. Part 1
Linguistics in Western Europe. Part 1

Author: Einar Haugen

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-05-20

Total Pages: 764

ISBN-13: 3111561925

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Bibliography of Quantitative Linguistics
Bibliography of Quantitative Linguistics

Author: Reinhard Köhler

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1995-06-01

Total Pages: 834

ISBN-13: 9027276439

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The Bibliography of Quantitative Linguistics (BQL) comprises more than 6500 titles from all areas of quantitative linguistic research. Publications have been included without restrictions regarding form, place, language, and date of publication. This bibliography thus provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of, and easy bibliographical access to, publications in quantitative linguistics, a linguistic discipline characterized by its rapid and promising scientific development, and its increasing significance for most branches of theoretical and applied language studies. The bibliography consists of: an introduction and instructions for use; a main section containing more than 6500 titles, which is subdivided in 28 thematic classes, each forming a chapter; an index of authors; an index of keywords from titles; indices of subject headings and subheadings; an index of uncontrolled vocabulary; an index of languages investigated; an index of reviewed publications. All texts and indices are in English, German and Russian.

Perspectives on Language and Text
Perspectives on Language and Text

Author: Francis I. Andersen

Publisher: Eisenbrauns

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780931464263

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Essays on Semitics, Statistics and Linguistics, the Hebrew Bible, the Greek Bible, and Religion by an international group of scholars reflect the wide-ranging interests of Professor Andersen's research and writing. In addition, a number of poems by friends of Professor Andersen are included, in appreciation of his long-standing interest and involvement in poetics. The contributions reflect the deep impact of his leadership in linguistics and study of the Hebrew Bible.

Iran’s Language Planning Confronting English Abbreviations
Iran’s Language Planning Confronting English Abbreviations

Author: Fatemeh Akbari

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-01-01

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 3030353834

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This book addresses one of the most crucial and common questions confronting planners of languages other than English, that is, how the impacts of global languages on local languages should be dealt with: internationalization or local language promotion? This empirical study examines the implementation of Iran’s governmental language and terminology policy to accelerate rarely used abbreviation methods in Persian in order to preserve the language from the extensiveness of borrowed English abbreviated forms. This book provides an in-depth analysis of relevant linguistic theories as well as the structure and social context of the Persian language itself, rather than relying on personal opinions or beliefs either in favour of or against abbreviation. The text appeals to politicians, language planners, terminologists, lecturers, authors and translators of scientific works, especially those who are speakers of languages other than English and seek to promote their local languages. This book is particularly relevant to linguistics students (both undergraduate and graduate students) and language teachers and researchers in the broader areas of language education and curriculum design.