1923 年至 2008 年美国书面英语中数字使用的异时变化

IF 1.7 2区 文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Gui Wang , Jing Shu , Li Wang
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本研究通过分析 1.7 亿条语料库,考察了 1923 年至 2008 年期间《时代》周刊上美国英语书面语中数字使用的异时变化。我们研究了大小、圆度和表示格式对数字频率的影响,以及反映社会变迁的文化突出数字的演变。利用贝叶斯负二项回归法对语料库进行深入分析,我们的研究结果表明,大小和圆度的影响是一致的,较小的大小和较圆的数字出现的频率更高。我们观察到,在描述大数字时出现了明显的标准化现象,其标志是在 20 世纪 40 年代前后从数字形式向混合形式的转变(例如,从 "6,000,000,000 "到 "60 亿")。这反映了数字表述的正式写作惯例和编辑实践的变化。我们的研究进一步确定了每个年代与社会、经济和技术趋势相关的具有文化意义的独特数字,强调了媒体中的数字分析在解读复杂的文化和社会模式方面的作用。这项研究对理解数字表述背景下语言、文化和媒体之间的动态相互作用做出了重要贡献。
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Diachronic changes of number use in written American English from 1923 to 2008

This study examines diachronic changes in number use in written American English from 1923 to 2008 in TIME magazine, analyzing a 170-million-token corpus. We investigate the effects of magnitudes, roundness, and representational formats on number frequency, along with the evolution of culturally salient numbers reflecting societal shifts. Utilizing Bayesian negative binomial regression for in-depth corpus analysis, our findings demonstrate a consistent influence of magnitudes and roundness, with smaller magnitudes and rounder numbers appearing more frequently. We observe a significant standardization in portraying large numbers, marked by a shift from numerical to mixed forms (e.g., “6,000,000,000” to “6 billion”) around 1940s. This reflects changes in both formal writing conventions and editorial practices of numerical representation. Our research further identifies distinct culturally significant numbers for each decade, linked to social, economic, and technological trends, underscoring the role of numerical analysis in media to decode complex cultural and societal patterns. This study contributes significantly to understanding the dynamic interplay between language, culture, and media in the context of numerical representations.

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Language Sciences
Language Sciences Multiple-
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期刊介绍: Language Sciences is a forum for debate, conducted so as to be of interest to the widest possible audience, on conceptual and theoretical issues in the various branches of general linguistics. The journal is also concerned with bringing to linguists attention current thinking about language within disciplines other than linguistics itself; relevant contributions from anthropologists, philosophers, psychologists and sociologists, among others, will be warmly received. In addition, the Editor is particularly keen to encourage the submission of essays on topics in the history and philosophy of language studies, and review articles discussing the import of significant recent works on language and linguistics.
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