Language and chronology: text dating by machine learning

by Han, Xiwu Toner, Gregory

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Title Statements

Full title :Language and chronology : text dating by machine learning / Gregory Toner, Xiwu Han.

Summary

"In Language and Chronology, Toner and Han apply innovative Machine Learning techniques to the problem of the dating of literary texts. Many ancient and medieval literatures lack reliable chronologies which could aid scholars in locating texts in their historical context. The new machine-learning method presented here uses chronological information gleaned from annalistic records to date a wide range of texts. The method is also applied to multi-layered texts to aid the identification of different chronological strata within single copies While the algorithm is here applied to medieval Irish material of the period c.700-c.1700, it can be extended to written texts in any language or alphabet. The authors' approach presents a step change in Digital Humanities, moving us beyond simple querying of electronic texts towards the production of a sophisticated tool for literary and historical studies"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2019.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brill Rodopi
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:2019.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:900441004X, 9789004410046
oclc:on1108786461
LC Classification:PB1322
Dewey Decimal:891.6/2002

Intro; Contents; Figures, Tables and Algorithms; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Dating Texts: Principles and Methods; Chapter 2. Computational Approaches to Text Dating; Chapter 3. Trials in English and Medieval Irish Texts; Chapter 4. Dating Long Documents; Chapter 5. Conclusion; Appendix A. Conventional Dating of Texts Used in This Study; Appendix B. Machine Learning; Bibliography; Index

Subjects

Apprentissage automatique -- Technique Criticism, interpretation, etc Irish literature -- Criticism, Textual.… Irish literature -- Dating. -- Middle I… Irish literature -- Middle Irish Littérature irlandaise -- Datation. -- … Machine learning -- Technique Manuscript dating -- Methodology Manuscrits -- Datation