Structure, Function and Process in Texts

Founded in 1994, the International Quantitative Linguistics Association (IQLA) aims at promoting the development of theoretical, empirical, and applied Quantitative Linguistics (QL) and fostering an effective communication among scientists that work in this highly interdisciplinary field. This multidisciplinary background enables us to share methods and findings across the boundaries of the individual sub-disciplines, languages, and methodological areas. Quantitative linguistics cannot only be characterised as a strongly co-operative science but this property can be considered as an essential principle. IQLA organizes on a regular basis the QUAntitative LInguistics COnference (QUALICO) that represents the most important meeting for IQLA members and for QL scholars. The first eight conferences in this series took place in: Trier (1991), Moscow (1994), Helsinki (1997), Prague (2000), Athens, Georgia (2003), Graz (2009), Belgrade (2012) and Olomouc (2014). The 9th meeting, Qualico2016, took again place in Trier. The scientific program was organized over 3 days in August 24-28 in two parallel sessions. The lecture halls were rented in the Deutsche Richterakademie (German Academy of European Law). This book includes a selection of the papers presented at Qualico2016 from various areas of QL. The contributions highlight the richness of this branch of research and the wide range of different topics, methods and approaches available in QL.