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Inducing linguistic networks from historical corpora. Towards a new method in historical semantics

  • In this paper, we experiment with exploring linguistic networks as a new method in historical semantics. Our starting point is a long-term historical corpus (i.e., the Patrologia Patina) which we analyse regarding the conceptual stability of a key concept in medieval literature (i.e., virtus). Most analyses in historical semantics explore small data sets by focusing on narrow contexts of lexical usages, but we propose a more comprehensive method based on lexical networks that represent the underlying documents as a whole. We demonstrate both the topological stability of document-based lexical networks and their usefulness in providing empirical evidence in historical semantics.

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Author:Alexander MehlerORCiDGND, Silke SchwandtORCiDGND, Rüdiger Gleim, Alexandra Ernst
URN:urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-129004
ISBN:978-3-8233-6760-4
Parent Title (English):New methods in historical corpora
Series (Serial Number):Korpuslinguistik und interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Sprache | Corpus Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Language | CLIP (3)
Publisher:Narr
Place of publication:Tübingen
Editor:Paul Bennett, Martin Durrell, Silke Scheible, Richard J. Whitt
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2013
Date of Publication (online):2024/11/11
Publishing Institution:Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS)
Publicationstate:Zweitveröffentlichung
Reviewstate:(Verlags)-Lektorat
GND Keyword:Historische Sprachwissenschaft; Korpus <Linguistik>; Semantik
First Page:257
Last Page:274
DDC classes:400 Sprache / 400 Sprache, Linguistik
Open Access?:ja
Leibniz-Classification:Sprache, Linguistik
Linguistics-Classification:Korpuslinguistik
Licence (German):License LogoUrheberrechtlich geschützt