Introduction to Quantitative Analysis of Linguistic Survey Data: An Atlas by the Numbers

by William A. Kretzschmar Jr. and Edgar W. Schneider

Book Overview

Dialectology--the study of variation in language rather than an invariant, homogenous grammar--lends itself quite naturally to computer assistance, both for the entry and maintenance of a database for quantitative analysis. This book is an introduction to the quantitative analysis of linguistic survey data featuring the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States (LAMSAS). Serious quantification and large-scale application of statistics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761901116
• ISBN13: 9780761901112
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.9"