Python for Linguists

An introduction to Python programming for linguists. Examples of code specifically designed for language analysis are featured throughout.

Michael Hammond (Author)

9781108493444, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 May 2020

310 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 2 cm, 0.54 kg

Specifically designed for linguists, this book provides an introduction to programming using Python for those with little to no experience of coding. Python is one of the most popular and widely-used programming languages as it's also available for free and runs on any operating system. All examples in the text involve language data and can be adapted or used directly for language research. The text focuses on key language-related issues: searching, text manipulation, text encoding and internet data, providing an excellent resource for language research. More experienced users of Python will also benefit from the advanced chapters on graphical user interfaces and functional programming.

Preface
1. Interacting with Python and basic functions
2. Data types and variables
3. Control structures
4. Input-output
5. Subroutines and modules
6. Regular expressions
7. Text manipulation
8. Internet data
9. Objects
10. GUIs
11. Functional programming
Appendix A. NLTK.

Subject Areas: Programming & scripting languages: general [UMX], Computational linguistics [CFX], Linguistics [CF]