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Quantitative linguistics bibliography (1995-2021) [in preparation]

Quantitative linguistics bibliography (19th century – 1995)

The searchable IQLA bibliographic database contains more than 8,500 citations, ranging from the 19th century up to 1995. IQLA members who feel in a position to provide additional relevant content or who discover problems with the search functionality are kindly requested to contact the IQLA secretary. For a basic quantitative linguistics reference guide, please check the basic references page. The bibliography is based on Köhler, Reinhard, Hoffmann, Christiane (1995): Bibliography of quantitative linguistics. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins (Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series V, Library and information sources in linguistics, 25).

The Altmann – Köhler Quantitative Linguistics Archive

The Peter Grzybek Memorial Archive of Slavic Studies Publications

Basic quantitative linguistics references

Handbook of Quantitative Linguistics. Köhler, Reinhard; Altmann, Gabriel; Piotrowski, Rajmund G. (eds.) (2005): Quantitative Linguistik. Quantitative Linguistics. Ein internationales Handbuch. An International Handbook. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, 27).

Quantification in Linguistics and Text Analysis. Selected Papers of Gabriel Altmann. Kelih, Emmerich.; Mačutek, Ján.; Kosčová, Michaela. (eds.) (2025): Basel/Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, (Quantitative Linguistics, 73).

Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort. An Introduction to Human Ecology. Zipf, George K. (1949). Cambridge, MA: Addison-Wesley.

The Psycho-biology of Language. Zipf, George K. (1965). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press

Zur linguistischen Synergetik. Struktur und Dynamik der Lexik. Köhler, Reinhard (1986). Bochum: Brockmeyer (QL, 31).

Studies on Zipf’s law. Guiter, Henri; Arapov, M.V. (eds.) (1982). Bochum: Brockmeyer (QL, 16).

Quantitative Linguistics book series

Hexameter studies. Grotjahn, R. (1981). Bochum: Brockmeyer (QL, 11).

Sprache, Text, Kunst. Quantitative Analysen. Orlov, Ju. K., Boroda, M. G., Nadarejsvili, I. S. (1982). Bochum: Brockmeyer (QL, 15).

Linguistische und statistische Methoden in Metrik und Textwissenschaft. Grotjahn, R. (1979). Bochum: Brockmeyer (QL, 2).

Diskrete Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen II. Altmann, G., Zörnig, P. (1992). Bochum: Brockmeyer (QL, 47).

Mathematische Methoden in der historischen Linguistik. Arapov, M.V., Cherc, M.M. (1983). Bochum: Brockmeyer (QL, 17).

Wiederholungen in Texten. Altmann, G. (1988). Bochum: Brockmeyer (QL, 36).

Quantitative Text Analysis. Altmann, G., Hřebíček, L. (1993). Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (QL, 52).

Methods in Quantitative Linguistics. Tuldava, J. (1995). Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (QL, 54).

Statistik für Linguisten. Altmann, G. (1995). Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (QL, 55).

Text levels: Language constructs, constituents and the Menzerath-Altmann law. Hřebíček, L. (1995). Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (QL, 56).

Probleme und Methoden der quantitativ-systemischen Lexikologie. Tuldava, J. (1998). Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (QL, 59).

Text as a linguistic paradigm : levels, constituents, constructs. Uhlířová, L., Wimmer, G., Altmann, G., Köhler, R. (2001). Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (QL, 60).

Glottometrika

Altmann, Gabriel (ed.) (1978): Glottometrika 1. Bochum: Brockmeyer (Quantitative Linguistics, 1).

Grotjahn, Rüdiger (ed.) (1980): Glottometrika 2. Bochum: Brockmeyer (Quantitative Linguistics, 3).

Matthäus, Wolfhart (ed.) (1980): Glottometrika 3. Bochum: Brockmeyer (Quantitative Linguistics, 5).

Lehfeldt, Werner; Strauss, Udo (eds.) (1982): Glottometrika 4. Bochum: Brockmeyer. Bochum: Brockmeyer (Quantitative Linguistics, 14).

Köhler, Reinhard; Boy, Joachim (eds.) (1983): Glottometrika 5. Bochum: Brockmeyer (Quantitative Linguistics, 20).

Boy, Joachim; Köhler, Reinhard (eds.) (1984): Glottometrika 6. Bochum: Brockmeyer (Quantitative Linguistics, 25).

Rothe, Ursula (ed.) (1984): Glottometrika 7. Bochum: Brockmeyer (Quantitative Linguistic, 26).

Fickermann, I. (ed.) (1987): Glottometrika 8. Bochum: Brockmeyer. Schulz,

Klaus-Peter (ed.) (1988): Glottometrika 9. Bochum: Brockmeyer (Quantitative Linguistics, 35).

Hammerl, Rolf (ed.) (1989): Glottometrika 10. Bochum: Brockmeyer (Quantitative Linguistics, 38).

Hřebíček, Luděk (ed.) (1990): Glottometrika 11. Bochum: Brockmeyer (Quantitative Linguistics, 42).

Hammerl, Rolf (ed.) (1990): Glottometrika 12. Bochum: Brockmeyer (Quantitative Linguistics, 45).

Rieger, Burkhard (ed.) (1992): Glottometrika 13. Bochum: Brockmeyer (Quantitative Linguistics, 49).

Altmann, Gabriel (ed.) (1993): Glottometrika 14. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (Quantitative Linguistics, 53).

Schmidt, Peter (ed.) (1996): Glottometrika 15. Issues in general linguistic theory and the theory of word length. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (Quantitative Linguistics, 57).

Best, Karl-Heinz (ed.) (1997): Glottometrika 16. The distribution of word and sentence length. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (Quantitative Linguistics, 58).