Statistics in Corpus Linguistics - A Practical Guide

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to statistics in corpus linguistics, covering multiple techniques of quantitative language analysis and data visualisation.

List of contents

1. Introduction: statistics meets corpus linguistics; 2. Vocabulary: frequency, dispersion and diversity; 3. Semantics and discourse: collocations, keywords and reliability of manual coding; 4. Lexico-grammar: from simple counts to complex models; 5. Register variation: correlation, clusters and factors; 6. Sociolinguistics and stylistics: individual and social variation; 7. Change over time: working diachronic data; 8. Bringing everything together: ten principles of statistical thinking, meta-analysis and effect sizes.

About the author

Vaclav Brezina is a research fellow and lecturer at the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University. He specialises in corpus linguistics, statistics and applied linguistics, and has designed a number of different tools for corpus analysis.

Summary

A practical introduction to statistics in corpus linguistics that enables readers to understand key principles of statistical thinking and apply these concepts in their own research. It is intended for anyone interested in quantitative analysis of language and data visualisation.

Product details

• Authors: Vaclav Brezina, Vaclav (Lancaster University) Brezina, Brezina Vaclav
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781107125704
• ISBN: 978-1-107-12570-4
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Historical & comparative linguistics, Social research & statistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Social research and statistics, Research methods: general, Historical and comparative linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc