Contributions to the Science of Text and Language: Word Length Studies and Related Issues 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Grzybek, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1402040695 ISBN-13: 9781402040696 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: This volume contains a collection of contributions to the science of language, focusing on the study of word length in particular. Within a synergetic framework, the word turns out to be a central linguistic unit, as is clearly outlined in the Editor's preface. The book's first chapter is an extensive introduction to the history and state of the art of word length studies. The studies included unify contributions from three important linguistic fields, namely, linguistics and text analysis, mathematics and statistics, and corpus and data base design, which together give a comprehensive approach to the quantitative study of text and language and word length studies. The broad spectrum of word length studies covered within this volume will be of interest to experts working in the fields of general linguistics, text scholarship and related fields, and, understanding language as one example of complex semiotic systems, the volume should be of interest for scholars from other fields as well. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Mathematics | Logic - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
Dewey: 415.9 |
Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.13 lbs) 352 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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. |