Introduction to quantitative analysis of linguistic survey data [electronic resource] : an atlas by the numbers / William A. Kretzschmar, Jr., Edgar W. Schneider.
Series: Empirical linguistics seriesPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 1996.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 212 p.) : illISBN:- 9781483327730 (ebook) :
- Dialectology -- Statistical methods
- Dialectology -- Data processing
- English language -- Dialects -- Middle Atlantic States -- Data processing
- English language -- Dialects -- Southern States -- Data processing
- English language -- Middle Atlantic States -- Data processing
- English language -- Southern States -- Data processing
- Middle Atlantic States -- Languages -- Data processing
- Southern States -- Languages -- Data processing
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- P367 .K74 1996
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The chapters in this innovative book introduce the quantitative analysis of linguistic survey data with specific reference to the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States (LAMSAS). The topics covered include the relation of sociolinguistics to the original conception of LAMSAS, the adaptation of LAMSAS to the needs of computerization and the research methods envisioned, the mechanics involved in computerizing LAMSAS, and much more.
Specialized.
Description based on print version record.