E. Kelih, Ján Mačutek
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The target audience – although this is not explicitly mentioned – are students of linguistics and others who are interested in the application of quantitative/statistical methods in linguistics in a relatively representative and usable introduction to quantitative research across many different subdisciplines within linguistics.
Abstract
The book under review comprises seven chapters and is designed as an introduction to quantitative methods in linguistics. The target audience – although this is not explicitly mentioned – are students of linguistics and others who are interested in the application of quantitative/statistical methods in linguistics in a ‘‘. . . relatively representative and usable introduction to quantitative research across many different subdisciplines within linguistics’’ (p. x). After a short discussion of the author’s motivation for writing such a textbook (‘‘. . . not happy with the available [but not further specified: EK, JM] textbooks’’ (p. 1)) the conceptual design of the book is presented. This consists of three parts:
Citation format
KELIH, E.; MAČUTEK, Ján. Quantitative methods in linguistics. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 2010, 17: 74–79.