Quantitative Historical Linguistics by Jenset, Gard B.; McGillivray, Barbara;

A Corpus Framework

Series: Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics; 26;

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Publisher OUP Oxford
Date of Publication 5 October 2017

ISBN 9780198718178
Binding Hardback
No. of pages248 pages
Size 242x173x19 mm
Weight 540 g
Language English

Short description:

This book outlines a new framework for quantitatively assessing models and hypotheses in historical linguistics. It offers an in-depth explanation and discussion of the benefits of working with quantitative methods, corpus data, and corpus annotation, and the advantages of open and reproducible research.

Long description:

This book is an innovative guide to quantitative, corpus-based research in historical and diachronic linguistics. Gard B. Jenset and Barbara McGillivray argue that, although historical linguistics has been successful in using the comparative method, the field lags behind other branches of linguistics with respect to adopting quantitative methods. Here they provide a theoretically agnostic description of a new framework for quantitatively assessing models and hypotheses in historical linguistics, based on corpus data and using case studies to illustrate how this framework can answer research questions in historical linguistics. The authors offer an in-depth explanation and discussion of the benefits of working with quantitative methods, corpus data, and corpus annotation, and the advantages of open and reproducible research. The book will be a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers in historical linguistics, as well as for all those working with linguistic corpora.

Jenset and McGillivray's work is novel in applying this to historical linguistics, providing a step-by-step guide to the research process (Chapter 7) and case studies on historical linguistic phenomena. Overall, it is a clearly written, well-conceived guide to quantitative historical linguistics, combin-ing both theoretical background and practical instructions.