Quantification in Linguistics and Text Analysis
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Edited by:
Emmerich Kelih
About this book
This volume contains the most important theoretical and methodological works of Gabriel Altmann (1931-2019). He is the founder of a specific school of quantitative linguistics, which focuses on the statistical analysis and interrelationship of linguistic features and characteristics. His approach concentrates on the construction of a general theory of linguistics. The theory is based on the relevance of linguistic laws (Zipf's, Menzerath's and Piotrowski's) and concepts of language as a self-regulating system. In contrast to approaches where quantitative methods are used as standard methodological tools, Altmann favours a "holistic" and epistemological view of problems of quantification of linguistic and textual phenomena.
Author / Editor information
Emmerich Kelih, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Vienna; Ján Mačutek, Mathematical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava / Department of Mathematics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra; Michaela Koščová, Mathematical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of figures
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Editors’ foreword
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Status and goals of quantitative linguistics
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On linguistic vagueness
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Mathematical linguistics
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Towards a theory of language
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Prolegomena to Menzerath’s law
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On functional analysis in linguistics
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On the dynamic approach to language
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Language theory and mathematical models
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Synergetic aspects of linguistics
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The levels of linguistic investigation
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Bühler or Zipf? A re-interpretation
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Modelling diversification phenomena in language
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The problem of data homogeneity
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Prospects of text linguistics
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“Language forces” and synergetic modelling of language phenomena
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The levels of order in language
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From technical language to a model
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Aims and methods of quantitative linguistics
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Fashion and truth in linguistics
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Index
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