A Methodology for Studying Linguistic and Cultural Change in China, 1900-1950
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| author | Stewart, Spencer Dean |
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| contents | This paper presents a quantitative approach to studying linguistic and cultural change in China during the first half of the twentieth century, a period that remains understudied in computational humanities research. The dramatic changes in Chinese language and culture during this time call for greater reflection on the tools and methods used for text analysis. This preliminary study offers a framework for analyzing Chinese texts from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, demonstrating how established methods such as word counts and word embeddings can provide new historical insights into the complex negotiations between Western modernity and Chinese cultural discourse. |
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| spellingShingle | A Methodology for Studying Linguistic and Cultural Change in China, 1900-1950 Stewart, Spencer Dean Computation and Language This paper presents a quantitative approach to studying linguistic and cultural change in China during the first half of the twentieth century, a period that remains understudied in computational humanities research. The dramatic changes in Chinese language and culture during this time call for greater reflection on the tools and methods used for text analysis. This preliminary study offers a framework for analyzing Chinese texts from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, demonstrating how established methods such as word counts and word embeddings can provide new historical insights into the complex negotiations between Western modernity and Chinese cultural discourse. |
| title | A Methodology for Studying Linguistic and Cultural Change in China, 1900-1950 |
| topic | Computation and Language |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.04286 |