Intro -- QUANTITATIVE LINGUISTICS -- CONTENTS -- I. QUANTITATIVE LINGUISTICS -- 1. The scope of quantitative linguistics -- 2. The object of quantitative linguistics -- 3. A note about the foundations of quantitative linguistics -- II. METHODS OF RESEARCH -- 1. Unit of population -- 1.1. Unit of population in lexical statistics -- 1.2. Unit of population in grammatical statistics -- 1.2.1. Unit of population in morphological statistics -- 1.2.2. Unit of population in syntactic statistics -- 1.3. Unit of population in semantic statistics -- 1.4. Unit of population in other domains of quantitative linguistics -- 1.5. Conclusions -- 2. Problems of sampling the material -- 2.1. Sampling of material from the qualitative viewpoint -- 2.1.1. Linguistic criteria -- 2.1.2. Psychological criteria -- 2.1.3. Sociological criteria -- 2.1.4. Other criteria -- 2.1.5. Conclusions -- 2.2. Sampling of material from the quantitative viewpoint -- 2.2.1. Types of sampling -- 2.2.1.1. Systematic sampling -- 2.2.1.2. Random sampling -- 2.2.1.2.1. Random sampling of pages -- 2.2.1.2.1.1. Random sampling of pages in lexicon -- 2.2.1.2.1.2. Random sampling of pages in grammar -- 2.2.1.2.2. Random sampling of words -- 2.2.1.2.3. Conclusions -- 2.2.1.3. Cluster sampling -- 2.2.1.3.1. Cluster sampling methods -- 2.2.1.3.2. Cluster sampling in lexical statistics -- 2.2.1.3.3. Cluster sampling in grammatical statistics -- 2.2.1.3.3.1. Cluster sampling in morphological statistics -- 2.2.1.3.3.2. Cluster sampling in syntactic statistics -- 2.2.1.3.4. Cluster sampling in semantic statistics -- 2.2.1.3.5. Conclusions -- 3. Some statistical and other characteristics common in quantitative linguistics -- 3.1. Frequency, rank, order -- 3.1.1. The Zipf Laws -- 3.1.1.1. The First Zipf Law -- 3.1.1.2. The Second Zipf Law -- 3.1.1.3. The Third Zipf Law -- 3.1.1.4. Conclusions -- 3.2. Mean -- 3.3. Variance and standard deviation -- 3.4. Frequency distribution -- 3.5. Coefficients -- 3.5.1. Coefficient of dispersion -- 3.6. Correlation, correlation coefficient -- 3.7. Concepts of information theory, entropy, redundancy -- 3.8. Conclusions -- III. THE MAIN AREAS OF QUANTITATIVE LINGUISTICS -- 1. Lexical statistics -- 1.1. The object of lexical statistics -- 1.2. Problems of methods of investigation -- 1.2.1. Unit of population and size of corpus -- 1.2.2. Word-frequency distribution -- 1.2.2.1. The zone of words of the higher and highest frequency -- 1.2.2.2. The zone of words of medium frequency -- 1.2.2.3. The zone of words of the lower and lowest frequency -- 1.2.2.4. Conclusions -- 1.2.3. The so-called richness of vocabulary -- 1.2.3.1. The formula of P. Guiraud -- 1.2.3.2. The formula of J. Mistrik -- 1.2.3.3. The formula of M. Těšitelová -- 1.2.3.4. Conclusions -- 1.3. Selected publications on lexical statistics -- 1.3.1. General characteristics -- 1.3.2. Publications on lexical statistics concerning Slavonic languages -- 1.3.2.1. Czech -- 1.3.2.2. Slovak -- 1.3.2.3. Russian and Ukrai.
nian -- 1.3.2.4. Polish -- 1.3.2.5. Other Slavonic languages -- 1.3.3. Publications on lexical statistics concerning Germanic languages -- 1.3.3.1. German -- 1.3.3.2. English -- 1.3.3.3. Other Germanic languages -- 1.3.4. Publications on lexical statistics concerning Romanic languages -- 1.3.4.1. French -- 1.3.4.2. Spanish -- 1.3.4.3. Roumanian -- 1.3.4.4. Italian -- 1.3.5. Publications on lexical statistics concerning other languages -- 1.3.5.1. Latvian -- 1.3.5.2. Estonian -- 1.3.5.3. Hungarian -- 1.3.5.4. Finnish -- 1.3.5.5. Chinese -- 1.4. Conclusions -- 2. Grammatical statistics -- 2.1. The object of grammatical statistics -- 2.2. Methods of research -- 2.3. The components of grammatical statistics -- 2.3.1. Morphological statistics -- 2.3.1.1. The object of morphological statistics -- 2.3.1.2. Methods of research -- 2.3.1.2.1. Unit of population in morphological statistics. -- 2.3.1.2.2. Sampling of the material in morphological statistics -- 2.3.1.2.3. Conclusions -- 2.3.1.3. Selected publications on morphological statistics -- 2.3.1.3.1. Czech -- 2.3.1.3.2. Slovak -- 2.3.1.3.3. Russian and other Slavonic languages -- 2.3.1.3.4. Other languages -- 2.3.1.4. Conclusions -- 2.3.2. Syntactic statistics -- 2.3.2.1. The object of syntactic statistics -- 2.3.2.2. Methods of research -- 2.3.2.2.1. The unit of population in syntactic statistics -- 2.3.2.2.2. Sampling of the material in syntactic statistics -- 2.3.2.3. Selected publications on syntactic statistics -- 2.3.2.3.1. Czech -- 2.3.2.3.2. Slovak -- 2.3.2.3.3. Russian and other Slavonic languages -- 2.3.2.3.4. Other languages -- 2.3.2.4. Conclusions -- 3. Semantic statistics -- 3.1. The object of semantic statistics -- 3.2. Methods of research -- 3.2.1. Unit of population in semantic statistics -- 3.2.2. Selection of methods and material in semantic statistics -- 3.3. Selected publications on semantic statistics -- 3.4. Conclusions -- IV. OTHER DOMAINS OF QUANTITATIVE LINGUISTICS -- 1. Phonological statistics -- 1.1. The object of phonological statistics -- 1.2. Methods of research -- 1.2.1. Unit of population in phonological statistics -- 1.2.2. Sampling of the material in phonological statistics -- 1.3. Selected publications on phonological statistics -- 1.3.1. Czech -- 1.3.2. Slovak -- 1.3.3. Russian and other Slavonic languages -- 1.3.4. Other languages -- 1.3.5. Conclusions -- 2. Graphemic statistics -- 2.1. The object of graphemic statistics -- 2.2. Methods of research -- 2.2.1. Unit of population in graphemic statistics -- 2.2.2. Sampling of the material in graphemic statistics -- 2.3. Selected publications on graphemic statistics -- 2.3.1. Czech -- 2.3.2. Other languages -- 2.4. Conclusions -- 3. Stylistic statistics -- 3.1. The object of stylistic statistics -- 3.2. Methods of research -- 3.2.1. Unit of population in stylistic statistics -- 3.2.2. Sampling of the material in stylistic statistics -- 3.3. Selected publications on stylistic statistics -- 3.3.1.1. Czech -- 3.3.1.2. Slov.
ak -- 3.3.1.3. Russian and other Slavonic languages -- 3.3.1.4. Other languages -- 3.4. Conclusions -- 4. Typological statistics -- 4.1. The object of typological statistics -- 4.2. Methods of research -- 4.2.1. Unit of population in typological statistics -- 4.2.2. Sampling of the material in typological statistics -- 4.3. Selected publications in typological statistics -- 4.4. Conclusions -- 5. Statistics concerning the development of language(s) -- 5.1. The object of quantification -- 5.2. Research methods -- 5.3. Selected publications on statistics concerning the development of language(s) -- 5.4. Conclusions -- 6. Word-formation statistics -- V. THE APPLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF QUANTITATIVE LINGUISTICS -- 1. Linguistic applications -- 2. Applications in education -- 2.1. Teaching the mother tongue -- 2.2. Foreign language teaching -- 3. Interdisciplinary applications -- 4. Technical applications -- 5. Conclusions -- VI. QUANTITATIVE LINGUISTICS AND COMPUTERS -- VII. PERSPECTIVES OF QUANTITATIVE LINGUISTICS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS OF THE ANALYZED TEXTS AND OTHER LANGUAGE MATERIALS -- LIST OF OTHER ABBREVIATIONS -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX -- .
