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Theoretical linguistics and quantitative methods

Summary/Abstract: The article serves as a preface to the present collection of articles, which are based on conference papers on “Quantitative turn in linguistics – what about theory?”. It discusses why the question has arisen and how a multitude of linguistic theories may impact our understanding of methods. Some essential theoretical concepts aand their backgrounds are explained. There follows a detailed description of two examples of how a concept born in the framework of a certain theory has spread, thus acquiring an important role in the choice of method. Finally, a brief overview is given of each article included in the special issue.

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