1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/heblang May 2000
2 34 22_Re: statistical method16_RUTHANNA BARNETT25_r.barnett@lancaster.ac.uk37_Fri, 19 May 2000 16:57:21 +0100 (BST)453_us-ascii Although i also do not have a particular knowledge of statistics, i do have some experience with quantitative methods in linguistics, and some experience with (new) corpus linguistics, and uses of very large corpora in linguistic research. I would like to disagree with Monica's second point, i.e.<br><br>> > > > 2. the hypothesis which the data bolsters must make sense in terms of what we > already know about language and how it works. [...]