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Programming for Linguists: Perl for Language Researchers

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ISBN: 978-0-631-23434-0

January 2003

Wiley-Blackwell

232 pages

Description
This book is an introduction to the rudiments of Perl programming. It provides the general reader with an interest in language with the most usable and relevant aspects of Perl for writing programs that deal with language.
  • Exposes the general reader with an interest in language to the most usable and relevant aspects of Perl for writing programs that deal with language.
  • Contains simple examples and exercises that gradually introduce the reader to the essentials of good programming.
  • Assumes no prior programming experience.
  • Accompanied by exercises at the end of each chapter and offers all the code on the companion website: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~hammond
About the Author
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 ™ Technology for Language Researchers (Blackwell 2002).
Features

  • Provides the general reader with an interest in language with the most usable and relevant aspects of Perl for writing programs that deal with language.
  • Contains simple examples and exercises that gradually introduce the reader to the essentials of good programming.
  • Assumes no prior programming experience.
  • Accompanied by exercises at the end of each chapter and offers all the code on the companion website: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~hammond