Python for Linguists

Auteur

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).

Texte du rabat

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

Résumé
This book provides an introduction to Python - one of the most widely-used programming languages - for those who are familiar with linguistic concepts but have no prior background in programming or computer science. All examples in the text involve language and can be adapted or used directly for language research.

Contenu

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.