Quantitative Methods in Linguistics introduces the general strategies andmethods of quantitative analysis. The book dedicates individual chapters tophonetics ps... » 

Quantitative Methods in Linguistics introduces the general strategies andmethods of quantitative analysis. The book dedicates individual chapters tophonetics psycholinguistics sociolinguistics historical linguistics andsyntax as well as two introductory chapters on probability distribution andquantitative methods. Each chapter uses actual data sets which have beencontributed by researchers working in the field to illustrate key principles.The book also provides detailed instruction in practical aspects of handlingquantitative linguistic data by using statistical software package R todiscover patterns in quantitative data and to test linguistic hypotheses. Endofchapter assignments and a balanced presentation make this an ideal text forstudents. Further information and resources are available from the accompanyingwebsite at www.blackwellpublishing.comquantmethods. «