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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792292703321

Autore

Kretzschmar William A., Jr.

Titolo

Introduction to quantitative analysis of linguistic survey data [[electronic resource] ] : an atlas by the numbers / / William A. Kretzschmar, Jr., Edgar W. Schneider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 1996

ISBN

1-322-60537-8

1-4522-4877-X

1-4833-2773-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 212 p.) : ill

Collana

Empirical linguistics series

Altri autori (Persone)

SchneiderEdgar W <1954-> (Edgar Werner)

Disciplina

417.021

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Series Editor's Introduction; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - The Research Design of a Linguistic Atlas; Chapter 2 - The Application of Statistical Tests to LAMSAS; Chapter 3 - From Atlas to Database Structure; Chapter 4 - The Statistical Analysis of LAMSAS Data; Chapter 5 - Model Analyses of LAMSAS Data; Appendix: Data Listing, clearing up; References; Index; About the Authors; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

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.