Quantifying language : a researcher's and teacher's guide to gathering language data and reducing it to figures /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scholfield, Phil, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Clevedon, Avon : Multilingual Matters, ©1995.
Series:Multilingual matters (Series)
Subjects:
Formalization (Linguistics)
Mathematical linguistics.
Formalisation (Linguistique)
Linguistique mathématique.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Mathematical linguistics
Mathematische Linguistik
Angewandte Linguistik
Kwantitatieve linguïstiek.
Methodologie.
Formalisation (linguistique)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Setting the Scene: What is Quantified and Why? 1. Basic Terms. What do People Quantify? 2. Why do People Quantify Language? The Teaching/Therapy Reason. 3. Why do People Quantify Language? The Research Reason
  • pt. II. Data Gathering for Quantification: Kinds of Instrument and Technique. 4. Overview of Four General Kinds of Approach to Data Gathering for Quantification. 5. Data for Quantification: Fully Naturalistic. 6. Data for Quantification: Quasi-naturalistic Interaction. 7. Data for Quantification: Opinion. 8. Data for Quantification: Manipulation. 9. Maximising Naturalness in the Data-gathering Phase of Language Quantification. 10. The 'Referencing' Dimension of Quantification
  • pt. III. Data Analysis in Quantification: Scoring, Counting and Scale Types. 11. Overview of Scale Types: Simple Sources of Interval Scales. 12. Scoring on Interval Scales: Counts of Various Sorts. 13. Scoring on Interval Scales: Totals from Uniform Sets of Dichotomous Items.

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