Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Background Boxes
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- 1Introduction
- 2Julia Fundamentals
- 3The Dataset
- 4Representing Words’ Forms
- 5Representing Words’ Meanings
- 6Computing Comprehension and Production Mappings
- 7Evaluating Mapping Accuracy
- 8Producing Forms
- 9Outputting Modelling Results
- 10Cross-Validation
- 11Deep Discriminative Learning in JudiLing
- 12Worked Examples – Internal Validation
- 13Predicting Behavioural Data with the DLM
- 14Worked Examples: External Validation
- 15No Escape from Morphemes?
- 16Further Topics
- 17Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index
2 - Julia Fundamentals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 May 2026
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Background Boxes
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- 1Introduction
- 2Julia Fundamentals
- 3The Dataset
- 4Representing Words’ Forms
- 5Representing Words’ Meanings
- 6Computing Comprehension and Production Mappings
- 7Evaluating Mapping Accuracy
- 8Producing Forms
- 9Outputting Modelling Results
- 10Cross-Validation
- 11Deep Discriminative Learning in JudiLing
- 12Worked Examples – Internal Validation
- 13Predicting Behavioural Data with the DLM
- 14Worked Examples: External Validation
- 15No Escape from Morphemes?
- 16Further Topics
- 17Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides a basic introduction to Julia, the programming language that we will be working with throughout the book. We assume that the Julia language has been installed on your computer (see https://julialang.org/install/for detailed instructions). We recommend the use of the latest Julia version or at least Julia version 1.11.2, since JudiLing will not work with earlier versions. Note that numerical differences can arise as a result of using different Julia versions. After installation, Julia can be opened on all operating systems by typing julia in the terminal (if it has been added to PATH) or by finding and opening the installed application.
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- The Discriminative LexiconTheory, Implementation in the Julia Package JudiLing, and Applications, pp. 26 - 42Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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