Cross-Discourse and Multilingual Exploration of Textual Corpora with the DualNeighbors Algorithm

Autor:	Arnold, Taylor, Tilton, Lauren
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Computer Science - Computation and Language
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	Word choice is dependent on the cultural context of writers and their subjects. Different words are used to describe similar actions, objects, and features based on factors such as class, race, gender, geography and political affinity. Exploratory techniques based on locating and counting words may, therefore, lead to conclusions that reinforce culturally inflected boundaries. We offer a new method, the DualNeighbors algorithm, for linking thematically similar documents both within and across discursive and linguistic barriers to reveal cross-cultural connections. Qualitative and quantitative evaluations of this technique are shown as applied to two cultural datasets of interest to researchers across the humanities and social sciences. An open-source implementation of the DualNeighbors algorithm is provided to assist in its application. Comment: Chosen for oral presentation at 2nd Joint SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature (LaTeCH-CLfL 2018)
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1806.11183 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv