Quantitative Approaches to the Russian Language

This edited collection presents a range of methods that can be used to analyse linguistic data quantitatively. A series of case studies of Russian data spanning different aspects of modern linguistics serve as the basis for a discussion of methodological and theoretical issues in linguistic data analysis. The book presents current trends in quantitative linguistics, evaluates methods and presents the advantages and disadvantages of each. The chapters contain introductions to the methods and relevant references for further reading.

This will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in the area of quantitative and Slavic linguistics.

Mikhail Kopotev is Professor of Russian at the University of Helsinki.

Olga Lyashevskaya is Professor and Leading Research Fellow at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia.

Arto Mustajoki is Professor of Russian Language and Literature at the University of Helsinki.