Programming for Linguists
Perl for Language Researchers
Published on 8. May 2008
232 pages
978-0-470-75222-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book is an introduction to the rudiments of Perl programming.It provides the general reader with an interest in language withthe most usable and relevant aspects of Perl for writing programsthat deal with language.
* Exposes the general reader with an interest in language to themost usable and relevant aspects of Perl for writing programs thatdeal with language.
* Contains simple examples and exercises that gradually introducethe reader to the essentials of good programming.
* Assumes no prior programming experience.
* Accompanied by exercises at the end of each chapter and offersall the code on the companion website:http://www.u.arizona.edu/~hammond
Reviews / Votes
''Learning to program isn't really hard,' the author claims.Teaching good programming to linguists, however, or to arts andhumanities students in general, isn't really that easy a jobeither, in practice. This introductory book, clear and concise asit is, should be a helpful tool at the very first stages of such anenterprise." Kwee Tjoe Liong, Universiteit vanAmsterdam "The really strong points of the book are the examples andexercises. These are almost all language-related and includeuseful, interesting and relevant questions and situations that thereader interested in language research will appreciate." NewZealand Studies in Applied Linguistics "Surprisingly readable...should be on the bookshelf ofany discourse analysist even thinking about tinkering with usingcomputers to automate some portion of their data analysis...theexamples and exercises are excellent, as is [Hammond's] exegesis ofthe examples- slow without becoming tedious." DiscourseStudiesMore details
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Michael Hammond is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. He is the author of numerous books and articles on phonology, morphology, psychophonology, and computational linguistics including Phonology of English (1999), Constraining Metrical Theory (1988), and Programming for Linguists: Java (TM) Technology for Language Researchers (Blackwell 2002).
Content
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Why Programming and Why Perl?.
2. Getting Started.
3. Basics: Control Structures And Variables.
4. Input and Output.
5. Subroutines And Modules.
6. Regular Expressions.
7. Text Manipulation.
8. HTML.
9. CGI.
Appendix A. Objects.
Appendix B. Tk.
Appendix C. Special Variables.
Appendix D. Where To Find Out More.
Index.
