OJ582 Quantitative linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radek Čech, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 20. 3. 12:30–17:25 G02
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of linguistics and ability to work with computers
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
At the end of the course, students will know basic principles of quantitative linguistics and the ways its methods can be used for linguistic description. They will be able to apply this knowledge in concrete quantitative analyses of texts and later to gain advantage of it for example in their final theses.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to quantitative linguistics, its methods and use
  • Quantitative analysis of texts by means of a computer program
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Čech, Radek a další. Metody kvantitativní analýzy (nejen) básnických textů. Olomouc 2013.
  • JOHNSON, Keith. Quantitative methods in linguistics. 1st pub. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2008, xv, 277. ISBN 9781405161817. info
  • Quantitative linguistics. Edited by Reinhard Kèohler - Gabriel Altmann - Raæimond Genrikhovich Piotrovsk. New York: M. de Gruyter, 2005, xiv, 1041. ISBN 3110155788. info
Teaching methods
lecture, computer analysis
Assessment methods
analysis of text; presence in the class is compulsory
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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