数百万冊のデジタル化された本を用いて文化の定量分析を行いました
Jean-Baptiste Michel1, Yuan Kui Shen, Aviva Presser Aiden
1Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. jb.michel@gmail.com
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 18, 2010
まとめ
この研究は,デジタル化された書籍を分析し,1800年から2000年までの英語の文化的傾向を定量的に探求するために,カルチュロミクスを導入します. それは,言語の進化,技術の採用,歴史的現象についての洞察を明らかにします.
科学分野:
- デジタル・ヒューマニティス デジタル・ヒューマニティス
- コンピューティング社会科学
- 言語学 言語学とは
背景:
- 膨大な量のデジタル化されたテキストは,定量的な分析のための新しい機会を提供します.
- 伝統的ヒューマニティの研究では,傾向分析のための大規模なデータがしばしば欠けています.
研究 の 目的:
- カルチュロミックスの分野を紹介し,実証する.
- 1800年から2000年までの英語における言語的,文化的傾向を定量的に調査する.
- 様々な学問分野におけるカルチュロミックスの応用を紹介する.
主な方法:
- デジタル化された書籍の大量体 (これまでに印刷されたすべての書籍の約4%) の構築.
- コーパス内の言語的,文化的パターンの定量分析.
- 歴史的現象を研究するために計算的方法の適用.
主要な成果:
- 2世紀に渡って文化的傾向を追跡するカルチュロミクスの能力を実証した.
- レキシコグラフィー,文法進化,集団記憶に関する定量的な洞察を提供した.
- テクノロジーの採用,名声,検閲,歴史的疫学を理解する上でカルチュロミクスの有用性を示した.
結論:
- カルツロミクスは,文化的現象の研究に強力な定量的なアプローチを提供します.
- この方法論は,社会科学と人文科学に厳格な調査を拡張します.
- デジタル化されたテキストの分析は,人間の文化と歴史に対する前例のない洞察を提供します.
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