Python for Linguists

by Michael Hammond

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108493444
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/07/2020
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Michael Hammond is Professor of Linguistics and Human Language Technology at the University of Arizona. His previous titles include Programming for Linguists: Perl for Language Professionals (2003) and Programming for Linguists: Java Technology for Language Professionals (2002).

Table of Contents

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.