Approaches to Measuring Linguistic Differences

Anju Saxena

ISBN 10: 3110303752 / ISBN 13: 9783110303759

Verlag: De Gruyter Mouton, De Gruyter Mouton Sep 2013, 2013

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -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 approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective.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.To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Strasse 13, 10785 Berlin 556 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Approaches to Measuring Linguistic Differences
• Verlag: De Gruyter Mouton, De Gruyter Mouton Sep 2013
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3110303752
• ISBN-13: 9783110303759
• Bindung: Buch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

The present volume collects contributions addressing different aspects of the measurement of linguistic differences, a topic which probably is as old as language itself butat the same timehas acquired renewed interest over the last decade or so, reflecting a rapid development of data-intensive computing in all fields of research, including linguistics.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lars Borin, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Anju Saxena, Uppsala University, Sweden.