Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 1319. Thursday, 26 Apr 1990.

Date:    Thu, 26 Apr 90 13:18:28 MDT
From:    koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz)
Subject: References on Software or Computing for Linguists and Lexicographers

In answer to the posted request for information on computing references
relevant to the humanities here are some references dealing with
computing or software for linguists and lexicographers.

Aho, Alfred V.; Kernighan, Bruce W.; Weinberger, Peter J.  1988.
    The AWK programming language.  Addison-Wesley Series in Com-
    puter Science.  Reading, MA:  Addison-Wesley Publishing Com-
    pany.
Alsop, John R.(program author); Johnston, Clay (manual author).
    1989.  Fiesta:  Fast Interactive Editor of Scripture and Text
    Analysis.  A program for translators and linguists.
    Preliminary edition.  Version 4.0, February 8, 1989.  Summer
    Institute of Linguistics.
Black, Andy; Weber, David.  1989.  Release notes.  AMPLE Version
    1.31.  August 1989.
Black, Andy; Weber, David; Kuhl, Fred; Kuhl, Kathy.  1987.  Docu-
    ment preparation aids for non-major languages.  Occasional
    Publications in Academic Computing No. 7.  Dallas, TX:  Sum-
    mer Institute of Linguistics.
Butler, Christopher.  1985.  Statistics in linguistics.  Oxford:
    Basil Blackwell, Ltd.
Butler, Christopher.  1985.  Computers in linguistics.  Oxford:
    Basil Blackwell, Ltd.
Grimes, Joseph E.  1983.  Affix positions and cooccurrences: the
    PARADIGM program.  Summer Institute of Linguistics Pub-
    lications in Linguistics No. 69.  Dallas, TX:  Summer
    Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at
    Arlington.
Hsu, Robert (compiler).  1985.  Lexware manual:  computer
    programs for lexicography developed at the University of
    Hawaii.  Edition 1.5, July, 1985.  Linguistics Department,
    University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822.
JAARS Inc.  1985-1989.  [Various documents assembled as a "User's
    Guide to DTS [Direct (Bible) Translators' Software]" by SIL's
    Jungle Aviation and Radio Service (JAARS).]
JAARS Inc.  1988.  TA: the Text Analysis user's manual.  April
    1988.
Kew, Priscilla M.(ed.); Simons, Gary F.(ed).  1989.  Laptop pub-
    lishing for the field linguist:  an approach based on Micro-
    soft Word.  Occasional Publications in Academic Computing No.
    14.  Dallas, TX:  Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Parker, Kirk H.; Simons, Gary F.  1988.  A common subroutine
    library for RAP programmers.  Occasional Publications in
    Academic Computing No. 11.  Dallas, TX:  Summer Institute of
    Linguistics.
Simons, Gary F.  1985 (Second Printing).  Powerful ideas for text
    processing:  an introduction to computer programming with the
    PTP language.  Dallas, TX:  Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Simons, Gary F.; Versaw, Larry.  1988 (Version 1.1).  How to use
    IT:  a guide to interlinear text processing.  Revised edi-


    tion, version 1.1.  Dallas, TX:  Summer Institute of
    Linguistics.
Simons, Gary F.; Versaw, Larry.  1988.  How to use IT:  getting
    started.  Dallas, TX:  Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Strangfeld, Richard A.  1988.  The RAP programming language.
    Occasional Publications in Academic Computing No. 10.
    Dallas, TX:  Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Weber, David J.; Black, H. Andrew; McConnel, Stephen R.  1988.
    Ample:  a tool for exploring morphology.  Occasional Pub-
    lications in Academic Computing No. 12.  Dallas, TX:  Summer
    Institute of Linguistics.
Wimbish, John S.  1989.  Shoebox: a data management program for
    the field linguist.  Version 1.0, August 26, 1989.  Ambon,
    Indonesia:  Summer Institute of Linguistics.   and Pattimura
    University.
Wimbish, John S.  1989.  WORDSURV:  a program for analyzing lan-
    guage survey word lists.  Occasional Publications in Academic
    Computing No. 13.  Dallas, TX:  Summer Institute of
    Linguistics.