Quantitative Approaches to Universality and Individuality in Language - Hardcover

by Makoto Yamazaki (Editor), Haruko Sanada (Editor), Reinhard Köhler (Editor)

Quantitative linguistic research reveals fascinating patterns in contemporary and historical linguistic data. The book offers insights from a broad range of languages, including Japanese, Slovene and Catalan. The reader is convinced that statistic empirical analysis - and increasingly also machine learning and big data - should be an essential part of any serious linguistic enquiry.

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Quantitative linguistic research reveals fascinating patterns in contemporary and historical linguistic data. The book offers insights from a broad range of languages, including Japanese, Slovene and Catalan. The reader is convinced that statistic empirical analysis - and increasingly also machine learning and big data - should be an essential part of any serious linguistic enquiry.

Author Biography

Makoto Yamazaki, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tokyo, Japan; Haruko Sanada, Rissho University, Tokyo, Japan; Reinhard Köhler, Prof. Emeritus University Trier, Germany; Sheila Embleton, York University, Toronto, Canada; Relja Vulanovic, Kent State University at Stark Ohio, USA; Eric S. Wheeler, York University, Toronto, Canada.