Statistics in Corpus Linguistics

ISBN-13: 9781107565241 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 314 str.

Vaclav Brezina

Opis

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to statistics in corpus linguistics, covering multiple techniques of quantitative language analysis and data visualisation.

Recenzje

'An indispensable guide to statistical methods in corpus linguistics for both beginners and for linguists who already know a great deal about statistics. It contains discussion of a wealth of well-chosen and stimulating linguistic problems illustrating their research design and the choice of statistical techniques.' Karin Aijmer, University of Gothenburg

Spis treści

1. Introduction: statistics meets corpus linguistics; 2. Vocabulary: frequency, dispersion and diversity; 3. Semantics and discourse: collocations, keywords and reliability of manual coding; 4. Lexico-grammar: from simple counts to complex models; 5. Register variation: correlation, clusters and factors; 6. Sociolinguistics and stylistics: individual and social variation; 7. Change over time: working diachronic data; 8. Bringing everything together: ten principles of statistical thinking, meta-analysis and effect sizes.

O autorze

Brezina, Vaclav
Vaclav Brezina is a research fellow and lecturer at the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University. He specialises in corpus linguistics, statistics and applied linguistics, and has designed a number of different tools for corpus analysis.