Language and Computers : : A Practical Introduction to the Computer Analysis of Language / / Geoffrey Barnbrook.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Barnbrook, Geoffrey,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Textbooks in Empirical Linguistics : ETELI
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations --; 1. Why use a computer? --; 2. First capture your data --; 3. Examining the catch: the use of frequency lists --; 4. Studying the environment: using concordances --; 5. The sociology of words: collocation analysis --; 6. Putting them in their place: tagging, parsing and so on --; 7. The leading edge: applications of natural language processing --; 8. Case studies --; Glossary --; Appendix 1. Programming languages for language programming --; Appendix 2. awk: a very brief introduction --; Appendix 3. Detailed programming examples --; Appendix 4. Suggestions for the exercises --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474464185; 9783110780475
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474464185
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Geoffrey Barnbrook.

This book is a first-stop introduction to corpus-based language research. It takes the reader systematically through the practical problems and benefits including the points to be reviewed before using computers, obtaining corpus material, the main analytical tools and the most important applications of computerised natural language processing. Each chapter offers guidance on programming where appropriate at a level suitable for readers with no prior experience, and provides exercises to help the reader to apply the principles covered. Case studies are used to show how the techniques are used in genuine research situations.Provides and introduction to computer analysis, techniques, the practical problems involved in using them and their potential benefitsThe guidance on programming provides a basic tool kit for use and devleopment by readers with no previous experience.The exercises at the end of each chapter allow readers to test their understanding and to develop an effective approach to their own research problems. The case studies demonstrate the use of the techniques described in real research situations.