Python for Linguists

An introduction to Python programming for linguists. Examples of code specifically designed for language analysis are featured throughout.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Interacting with Python and basic functions; 2. Data types and variables; 3. Control structures; 4. Input-output; 5. Subroutines and modules; 6. Regular expressions; 7. Text manipulation; 8. Internet data; 9. Objects; 10. GUIs; 11. Functional programming; Appendix A. NLTK.

About the author

Michael Hammond is Professor of Linguistics and Human Language Technology at the University of Arizona. His previous titles include Programming for Linguists: Perl for Language Professionals (2003) and Programming for Linguists: Java Technology for Language Professionals (2002).

Summary

This book provides an introduction to Python - one of the most widely-used programming languages - for those who are familiar with linguistic concepts but have no prior background in programming or computer science. All examples in the text involve language and can be adapted or used directly for language research.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Hammond, Michael (University of Arizona) Hammond
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781108493444
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49344-4
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Programming languages; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Computational Linguistics, Programming & scripting languages: general, Programming and scripting languages: general, Computational and corpus linguistics