Some articles on the place of stats in Linguistics

1. Sampson: arguing against any role for grammaticality whatsoever
2. Pereira: arguing for a resuwscitation of understanding that were present in the 50s but lost in the 60s and beyond
3. Pullum: arguing that Sampson is taking an unusual position scientifically , but also that several other others are too
4. Abney: general overview of stats in linguistics