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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear Corpora List members, do you use the
coefficient of variation and Chi-square to study functioning of gerund,
participle, </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>phonemes or prepositions in
language? In fact, the application of coefficient of variation and Chi-square to
investigate the variation of linguistic elements in language may stop
endless debates about language variation problems because they can be
sucessfully solved. I use the coefficient of variation and
Chi-square all right. They proved quite useful. With their help I also
studied variation of phomenes and groups of phonemes (labials, velars,
sonorants, fricatives, etc.) across languages. Usually they were used to study
the variation of phonemes in texts. I did that as well. I wonder if you
read my publications? Who is researching in the same area? I call this area
phonostatistical typology. We have also studied different texts of English,
American, Russian and Ukrainian authors from the point of view of the use of
different linguistic units. The results of the statistical study of the corpora
were published by us. Looking forward to hearing from you soon to <A
href="mailto:yutamb@mail.ru">yutamb@mail.ru</A> Yours sincerely Yuri Tambovtsev,
Novosibirsk, Russia</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>