Linguistic Databases

John A. Nerbonne

ISBN 10: 1575860929 / ISBN 13: 9781575860923

Published by Centre for the Study of Language & Information, 1998

About this Item

This volume explores the potential advantages of database applications to linguistics. Editor(s): Nerbonne, John A. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 255 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 36. . 1998. Annotated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Linguistic Databases
• Publisher: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1575860929
• ISBN 13: 9781575860923
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Linguistic Databases explores the increasing use of databases in linguistics. The enormous potential in linguistic data - billions of utterances and messages daily - has been difficult to exploit. Many linguists have had to concentrate on introspective data with its inevitable blinders toward frequency, variation, and naturalness. Applications of linguistics have been handicapped. This volume explores the potential advantages of database applications to linguistics. Included in this volume are reports on database activities in phonetics, phonology, lexicography and syntax, comparative grammar, second-language acquisition, linguistic fieldwork, and language pathology. The book presents the specialized problems of multi-media (especially audio) and multi-lingual texts, including those in exotic writing systems. Implemented solutions are also discussed. The opportunities to use existing, minimally structured text repositories are presented.

About the Author

Erhard W. Hinrichs is professor of general and computational linguistics at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen in Germany. John Nerbonne is professor of information science at the University of Groningen, Netherlands.