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Quantifying Language
A Researcher's and Teacher's Guide to Gathering Language Data and Reducing it to Figures
Phil Scholfield
MULTILINGUAL MATTERS LTD Clevedon Philadelphia Adelaide
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Scholfield, Phil, 1945 Quantifying Language: A Researcher's and Teacher's Guide to Gathering Language Data and Reducing it to Figures/Phil Scholfield Includes bibliographical references and index 1.Formalization (Linguistics). 2.Mathematical linguistics. I.Title. P128.F67S36 1994 401'.51-dc20 94-30330
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 1-85359-254-4 (hbk) ISBN 1-85359-253-6 (pbk)
Multilingual Matters Ltd
UK: Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon, Avon BS21 7SJ. USA: 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007, USA. Australia: P.O. Box 6025, 83 Gilles Street, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
Copyright 1995 Phil Scholfield
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher.
Printed and bound in Great Britain by the Longdunn Press, Bristol.
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Contents
Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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Part I. Setting The Scene: What Is Quantified And Why?
1 Basic Terms. What do People Quantify?
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1.1 Basic terms to get straight
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1.2 What sort of things do people quantify?
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1.3 The logical stages in quantifying variables
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2 Why do People Quantify Language? The Teaching/Therapy Reason
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2.1 Why quantify language?
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2.2 What are the functions of quantification in the teaching/therapy process?
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3 Why do People Quantify Language? The Research Reason
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