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From: jedhudson@cix.compulink.co.uk ("John Hudson")
Subject: Re: mathematics and linguistics
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Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 21:33:08 GMT
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David Purdy wrote on  30 Nov

>Hello, does anyone know of relevant papers or research performed by
>mathematicians in linguistics or the use of mathematical models in
>linguistics? 

I have an elderly book called "The calculus of linguistic observations" 
by Gustav Herdan. Published by 's-gravenhage (Netherlands) 1962.

Mostly uses statistics, coding theory, entropy, quantum theory and other 
non trivial communications math.


John
