Data Analytics in Cognitive Linguistics: Methods and Insights (Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL], 41) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3110687151 ISBN 13: 9783110687156

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter, 2022

Synopsis

Contemporary data analytics involves extracting insights from data and translating them into action. With its turn towards empirical methods and convergent data sources, cognitive linguistics is a fertile context for data analytics. There are key differences between data analytics and statistical analysis as typically conceived. Though the former requires the latter, it emphasizes the role of domain-specific knowledge. Statistical analysis also tends to be associated with preconceived hypotheses and controlled data. Data analytics, on the other hand, can help explore unstructured datasets and inspire emergent questions.

This volume addresses two key aspects in data analytics for cognitive linguistic work. Firstly, it elaborates the bottom-up guiding role of data analytics in the research trajectory, and how it helps to formulate and refine questions. Secondly, it shows how data analytics can suggest concrete courses of research-based action, which is crucial for cognitive linguistics to be truly applied. The papers in this volume impart various data analytic methods and report empirical studies across different areas of research and application. They aim to benefit new and experienced researchers alike.

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About the Authors

Dennis Tay, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; Molly Xie Pan, Fudan University, Shanghai.

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Dennis Tay, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; Molly Xie Pan, Fudan University, Shanghai.

From the Back Cover

Contemporary data analytics involves extracting insights from large volumes of data and translating these insights into action to enhance knowledge and practice. Combining tutorial-style chapters and empirical studies, this collection of papers explains the distinction between data analytics and statistics as typically conceived, and shows how data analytic approaches can inform different areas of cognitive linguistic research and application.

Edition details

• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110687151
• ISBN 13: 9783110687156
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Tay Dennis, Pan Molly Xie