Quantitative Conceptual History

IF 0.4 Q1 HISTORY
Jani Marjanen
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With the emergence of large digitized collections of historical texts, scholarship in the humanities has increasingly turned to studying texts as data. This article argues that seeing text as data is particularly apt for the study of conceptual history. The quantitative perspective allows for rethinking the analytical terminology used to study the transformation of political and social terminology. Further, quantitative conceptual history requires re-evaluation on four levels. First, it forces scholars of conceptual history to reconsider the role of reception in the spread and lexicalization of linguistic innovations. Second, it forces them to assess how to interpret quantitative analyses of linguistic change. Third, the use of quantitative methods calls for clarity in describing what is being measured and what is being interpreted based on quantitative analyses. Fourth, the use of machine-learning methods for conceptual history should remain careful. They can be very useful for exploration, but should be combined with count-based methods to provide concrete proof.
定量概念史
随着大量数字化历史文本的出现,人文学科的学术研究越来越多地转向将文本作为数据来研究。本文认为,将文本视为数据尤其适用于概念历史的研究。定量视角允许重新思考用于研究政治和社会术语转变的分析术语。此外,定量概念史需要在四个层面上重新评估。首先,它迫使概念史学者重新考虑接受在语言创新的传播和词汇化中的作用。其次,它迫使他们评估如何解释语言变化的定量分析。第三,定量方法的使用要求在描述基于定量分析的正在测量的内容和正在解释的内容时保持清晰。第四,在概念历史中使用机器学习方法应该保持谨慎。它们对探索非常有用,但应该与基于计数的方法相结合,以提供具体的证据。
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