Author: Reinhard Kohler
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Keywords: quantitative, sprach, und, kommunikationswissenschaft, hand, zur, handb, linguistik, linguistics, ein, internationales, cher
Number of Pages: 1041
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $617.00
ISBN-10: 3110155788
ISBN-13: 9783110155785

Over the past two decades, statistical and other quantitative concepts, models and methods have been increasingly gaining importance and interest in all areas of linguistics and text analysis, as well as in a number of neighboring disciplines and areas of application. The term "quantitative linguistics" comprises all scientific and technical approaches which use such terms and methods in the analysis of or work with language(s), texts and other related subjects. The 71 articles in this handbook, written by internationally-recognized experts, offer a broad, up-to-date overview of the scientific

Author: et al. Sylvain Auroux (Editor)
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Keywords: language, cher, handb, zur, hand, multilingual, present, study, international, sciences, handbook, evolution, history, beginnings
Number of Pages: 888
Published: 2006-01-01
List price: $599.00
ISBN-10: 3110167360
ISBN-13: 9783110167368

Writing in English, German, or French, more than 300 authors provide a historical description of the beginnings and of the early and subsequent development of thinking about language and languages within the relevant historical context. The gradually emerging institutions concerned with the study, organisation, documentation, and distribution are considered as well as those dealing with the utilisation of language related knowledge. Special emphasis has been placed on related disciplines, such as rhetoric, the philosophy of language, cognitive psychology, logic and neurological science.