This paper aims to explain why we would use statistical methods for Ancient Greek linguistics? The statistics are
typically using a large machine-readable corpus, in order to discover general principles of linguistic behavior, genre difference, etc.
The paper also sets out to prove some hypotheses, or identify some linguistic phenomena, such as morphological, syntactic, and semantic phenomena.
The proposed paper will consist of the following points:
- What kinds of linguistic data can they handle?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of statistical linguistics?
- What is the nature of the assumptions they require of the analyst?
- What is the strategy for studying of linguistic phenomena?