Empirical Linguistics

Author : Geoffrey Sampson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847144317

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Empirical Linguistics by Geoffrey Sampson Pdf

Linguistics has become an empirical science again after several decades when it was preoccupied with speakers' hazy "intuitions" about language structure. With a mixture of English-language case studies and more theoretical analyses, Geoffrey Sampson gives an overview of some of the new findings and insights about the nature of language which are emerging from investigations of real-life speech and writing, often (although not always) using computers and electronic language samples ("corpora"). Concrete evidence is brought to bear to resolve long-standing questions such as "Is there one English language or many Englishes?" and "Do different social groups use characteristically elaborated or restricted language codes?" Sampson shows readers how to use some of the new techniques for themselves, giving a step-by-step "recipe-book" method for applying a quantitative technique that was invented by Alan Turing in the World War II code-breaking work at Bletchley Park and has been rediscovered and widely applied in linguistics fifty years later.

Author : Geoffrey Sampson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-09-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847144317

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Empirical Linguistics by Geoffrey Sampson Pdf

Linguistics has become an empirical science again after several decades when it was preoccupied with speakers' hazy "intuitions" about language structure. With a mixture of English-language case studies and more theoretical analyses, Geoffrey Sampson gives an overview of some of the new findings and insights about the nature of language which are emerging from investigations of real-life speech and writing, often (although not always) using computers and electronic language samples ("corpora"). Concrete evidence is brought to bear to resolve long-standing questions such as "Is there one English language or many Englishes?" and "Do different social groups use characteristically elaborated or restricted language codes?" Sampson shows readers how to use some of the new techniques for themselves, giving a step-by-step "recipe-book" method for applying a quantitative technique that was invented by Alan Turing in the World War II code-breaking work at Bletchley Park and has been rediscovered and widely applied in linguistics fifty years later.

Author : Sam Featherston,Susanne Winkler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783110213386

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The Fruits of Empirical Linguistics: Process by Sam Featherston,Susanne Winkler Pdf

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon.

Author : Sam Featherston,Susanne Winkler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783110213478

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The Fruits of Empirical Linguistics: Product by Sam Featherston,Susanne Winkler Pdf

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon.

Author : Carson T. Schütze
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783946234029

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The empirical base of linguistics by Carson T. Schütze Pdf

Throughout much of the history of linguistics, grammaticality judgments - intuitions about the well-formedness of sentences - have constituted most of the empirical base against which theoretical hypothesis have been tested. Although such judgments often rest on subtle intuitions, there is no systematic methodology for eliciting them, and their apparent instability and unreliability have led many to conclude that they should be abandoned as a source of data. Carson T. Schütze presents here a detailed critical overview of the vast literature on the nature and utility of grammaticality judgments and other linguistic intuitions, and the ways they have been used in linguistic research. He shows how variation in the judgment process can arise from factors such as biological, cognitive, and social differences among subjects, the particular elicitation method used, and extraneous features of the materials being judged. He then assesses the status of judgments as reliable indicators of a speaker's grammar. Integrating substantive and methodological findings, Schütze proposes a model in which grammaticality judgments result from interaction of linguistic competence with general cognitive processes. He argues that this model provides the underpinning for empirical arguments to show that once extragrammatical variance is factored out, universal grammar succumbs to a simpler, more elegant analysis than judgment data initially lead us to expect. Finally, Schütze offers numerous practical suggestions on how to collect better and more useful data. The result is a work of vital importance that will be required reading for linguists, cognitive psychologists, and philosophers of language alike.

Author : Elissa Asp,Michelle Aldridge
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429631863

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Empirical Evidences and Theoretical Assumptions in Functional Linguistics by Elissa Asp,Michelle Aldridge Pdf

This collection explores the relationships between theory and evidences in functional linguistics, bringing together perspectives from both established and emerging scholars. The volume begins by establishing theoretical common ground for functional approaches to language, critically discussing empirical inquiry in functional linguistics and the challenges and opportunities of using new technologies in linguistic investigations. Building on this foundation, the second part of the volume explores the challenges involved in using different data sources as evidence for theorizing language and linguistic processes, drawing on work on lexical cohesion in language variation, neuroimaging and neuropathological data, and keystroke logging and eye-tracking. The final section of the volume examines the ways in which evidences from a wide range of data sources can offer new perspectives toward challenging established theoretical claims, employing empirical evidences from corpus linguistic analysis, keystroke logging, and multimodal communication. This pioneering collection synthesizes perspectives and addresses fundamental questions in the investigation of the relationships between theory and evidences in functional linguistics and will be of particular interest to researchers working in the field, as well as linguists working in experimental and interdisciplinary approaches which seek to bridge this gap.

Author : Britta Stolterfoht,Sam Featherston
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781614510888

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Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory by Britta Stolterfoht,Sam Featherston Pdf

The mental representation of language cannot be directly observed but must be inferred and modelled from its effects at second hand. Linguists have traditionally responded to this in two ways, either going for a fairly data-light approach and valuing theoretical creativity, or pursuing just those goals for which data is available and trusting to data-driven descriptive work. More recently, advances in technology and experimental techniques have made data gathering easier and more accessible, so that a theoretically informed but empirically based approach is rapidly growing in popularity. This synthesis permits linguists to combine the intellectual hypothesis generation of the theoreticians with the ability to deliver hard answers of the empiricist. This volume is a collection of papers in this direction, using mostly experiment methods to yield insights into syntactic and semantic structures, language processing, and acquisition. Papers report corpus data, neurological investigations, child language studies, and fieldwork from minority languages.

Author : Ernst H. Jahr
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110851847

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Language Contact by Ernst H. Jahr Pdf

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Author : Bob de Jonge,Yishai Tobin
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027215741

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Linguistic Theory and Empirical Evidence by Bob de Jonge,Yishai Tobin Pdf

This volume further elaborates the empirical tradition of Columbia School (CS) Linguistics by offering diverse empirical analyses for a wide variety of languages. These studies open a much needed debate advocating the necessity of the independent validation of linguistic hypotheses. This research exemplifies how such a validation should be conducted by determining which forms underlie the analyses and extracting those observations that are considered to be objective. The volume consists of two parts: a section on synchronic and diachronic grammatical problems and a section on Phonology as Human Behavior (PHB), the Columbia School version of phonology, applied to evolutionary, developmental and clinical issues and the phonotactics of the selected lexicon of a literary text. It provides a wealth of useful empirical data and in-depth and sophisticated qualitative and quantitative analyses of a broad range of languages from diverse families: French, Spanish, Afrikaans, Dutch, English, Polish, Russian, Japanese, and Hebrew.

Author : Herbert Pilch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Linguistics
ISBN : UCAL:B4283200

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Empirical Linguistics by Herbert Pilch Pdf

Author : William A. Kretzschmar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521887038

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The Linguistics of Speech by William A. Kretzschmar Pdf

This insightful study proposes a unified theory of speech through which conflicting ideas about language might be understood. It is founded on a number of key points, such as the continuum of linguistic behaviour, extensive variation in language features, the importance of regional and social proximity to shared linguistic production, and differential frequency as a key factor in linguistic production both in regional and social groups and in text corpora. The study shows how this new linguistics of speech does not reject rules in favour of language use, or reject language use in favour of rules; rather, it shows how rules can come from language as people use it. Written in a clear, engaging style and containing invaluably accessible introductions to complex theoretical concepts, this work will be of great interest to students and scholars of sociolinguistics, dialectology and corpus linguistics.

Author : Leo Zawadowski
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110806205

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Inductive Semantics and Syntax by Leo Zawadowski Pdf

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Author : Stephan Kepser,Marga Reis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110183122

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Linguistic Evidence by Stephan Kepser,Marga Reis Pdf

Review text: "A volume which has indeed presented a rich picture of the role of linguistic evidence in the contemporary, especially generative, study of language."Gerard Steen in: Functions of Language 1/2007.

Author : Mortéza Mahmoudian
Publisher : Sound and Meaning: The Roman J
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015020880962

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Modern Theories of Language by Mortéza Mahmoudian Pdf

In a controversial look at the study of linguistics today, Mortéza Mahmoudian examines twentieth-century theories of language in light of empirical evidence. In the past, linguists have had to choose between a general linguistic theory aimed at universal explanatory power and specific, limited linguistic models. Arguing that at various levels of linguistic analysis different theories offer more or less explanatory power, Mahmoudian makes a persuasive case for an integrated approach incorporating the strengths of both methods. The author begins with the identification of principles which, despite differences in terminology, are held in common by most twentieth-century linguists. He shows the implications, merits, and shortcomings of the major schools of linguistic thought, as well as the techniques one can use in gathering data. Ranging over a wide variety of international linguistic thinking, Mahmoudian takes up the question of what he calls experimentation, or the extent to which the application of certain linguistic theories have validity in constucting models. Simultaneously a survey of the current state of linguistic theory and a case for the necessity of empirical verification in linguistics, Modern Theories of Language builds a bridge across the gulf between many long-standing conflicts in the theory of language. Accessibly written, this provocative work predicts future theorerical and epistemological developments and will prove essential reading for students and scholars of linguistics, as well as specialists in cognitive psychology and Romance languages.

Author : Manfred Krug,Julia Schlüter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107469846

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Research Methods in Language Variation and Change by Manfred Krug,Julia Schlüter Pdf

Methodological know-how has become one of the key qualifications in contemporary linguistics, which has a strong empirical focus. Containing 23 chapters, each devoted to a different research method, this volume brings together the expertise and insight of a range of established practitioners. The chapters are arranged in three parts, devoted to three different stages of empirical research: data collection, analysis and evaluation. In addition to detailed step-by-step introductions and illustrative case studies focusing on variation and change in English, each chapter addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology and concludes with suggestions for further reading. This systematic, state-of-the-art survey is ideal for both novice researchers and professionals interested in extending their methodological repertoires. The book also has a companion website which provides readers with further information, links, resources, demonstrations, exercises and case studies related to each chapter.