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QUANTITATIVE LINGUISTICS [1 record]

Record 1 2018-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language
  • Statistical Methods
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

Type-frequencies have to be normalized in order to make texts of different length comparable. From the standpoint of quantitative linguistics this is not a trivial task ...

OBS

quantitative linguistics: designation validated by Canadian subject-field experts from Concordia University, Dalhousie University, Laval University and Microsoft Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

Comme son nom l'indique, la linguistique quantitative se penche sur l'étude des phénomènes linguistiques quantifiables (nombre d'occurrences de lexies, de patrons syntaxiques, etc., dans les corpus), en se fondant sur des méthodes statistiques.

OBS

linguistique quantitative : désignation validée par des spécialistes canadiens de l'Université Concordia, de l'Université Dalhousie, de l'Université Laval et de Microsoft Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lingüística
  • Métodos estadísticos
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

En cuanto a la lingüística cuantitativa, ligada metodológicamente con la lingüística del corpus, los autores [Meya y Huber] piensan que "la lingüística cuantitativa es la parte de la lingüística matemática que intenta determinar las leyes que subyacen a la organización estadística del lenguaje a través del análisis del comportamiento de las unidades del texto".

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