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In this chapter , we make attempt to discuss in brief about various types of statistical approaches that are normally used for processing and analyzing a text corpus as well as for obtaining data which may be considered statistically reliable in making some generalized or specific comments on the patterns of occurrence or manner of distribution of linguistic elements in a corpus . Moreover, in this chapter , we try to show how, based on the nature of text used in a corpus , the patterns of quantitative analysis may vary from that of qualitative analysis , although in the long run both types of analysis may be combined together to get a clear picture of the linguistic phenomenon under scrutiny. We also try to give a short history about the use of statistical methods and techniques in the analysis of corpus before and after the introduction of digital corpus as well as describe how descriptive approaches , inferential approaches , and evaluative approaches can be combined together in the act of corpus analysis , linguistics investigation, and inference deduction .
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Dash, N.S., Ramamoorthy, L. (2019). Statistical Studies on Language Corpus. In: Utility and Application of Language Corpora . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1801-6_4
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