The journal SMIL – Statistical Methods in Linguistics (1962–1976) – some notes about the history of quantitative linguistics in Scandinavia and beyond

Abstract

This article deals with the history of quantitative linguistics. The focus of this paper is the journal SMIL – Statistical Methods in Linguistics, which was published by Hans Karlgren in Stockholm from 1962 to 1976 (with a short interruption between 1966 and 1969). SMIL is a representative example of the process of differentiation in quantitative linguistics during the seventies and can be seen as one early major “Scandinavian” contribution to statistical and quantitative linguistics.