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Linguistic Databases
John A. Nerbonne
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Description for Linguistic Databases
paperback. This volume explores the potential advantages of database applications to linguistics. Editor(s): Nerbonne, John A. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 255 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 36.
Linguistic Databases explores the increasing use of databases in linguistics. The enormous potential in linguistic data - billions of utterances and messages daily - has been difficult to exploit. Many linguists have had to concentrate on introspective data with its inevitable blinders toward frequency, variation, and naturalness. Applications of linguistics have been handicapped. This volume explores the potential advantages of database applications to linguistics. Included in this volume are reports on database activities in phonetics, phonology, lexicography and syntax, comparative grammar, second-language acquisition, linguistic fieldwork, and language pathology. The book presents the specialized problems of multi-media (especially audio) and multi-lingual ... Read more
Linguistic Databases explores the increasing use of databases in linguistics. The enormous potential in linguistic data - billions of utterances and messages daily - has been difficult to exploit. Many linguists have had to concentrate on introspective data with its inevitable blinders toward frequency, variation, and naturalness. Applications of linguistics have been handicapped. This volume explores the potential advantages of database applications to linguistics. Included in this volume are reports on database activities in phonetics, phonology, lexicography and syntax, comparative grammar, second-language acquisition, linguistic fieldwork, and language pathology. The book presents the specialized problems of multi-media (especially audio) and multi-lingual ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
Series
Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Stanford, United States
ISBN
9781575860923
SKU
V9781575860923
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