tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post4453386289510857712..comments2023-11-03T08:02:25.369-04:00Comments on AmericanScience: A Team Blog: The Buzz on Google NGram ViewerDavid Roth Singermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12841041983824755867noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post-41733775572302638722011-11-15T14:39:34.044-05:002011-11-15T14:39:34.044-05:00Also, check out Etienne Benson's thoughtful co...Also, check out Etienne Benson's thoughtful comments on the uses of Ngram Viewer: <br /><br />http://etiennebenson.com/2011/11/01/graphing-wildlife-and-wild-life/Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08492807162664423251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post-60678112641813049552011-10-27T16:00:10.771-04:002011-10-27T16:00:10.771-04:00I did a post on this back in January with the exam...I did <a href="http://etherwave.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/ngrams-and-world-peace/" rel="nofollow">a post</a> on this back in January with the example of "air police" vs. "international control of atomic energy". Basically, it just says that a well-crafted ngram search (eg, using non-common terms specific to a definable historical milieu), combined with some insight from historical research, can indeed produce some interesting/enlightening results.Will Thomashttp://etherwave.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post-60868722075600097422011-10-24T23:15:40.695-04:002011-10-24T23:15:40.695-04:00I have lots of thoughts on this. I'll limit my...I have lots of thoughts on this. I'll limit myself to pointing out someone with even more. <br /><br />A friend, Ben Schmidt, has written on n-grams as part of his interest in the digital humanities ("Using tools from the 1990s to answer questions from the 1960s about 19th century America"). There are a lot of relevant posts: the top four are probably (in reverse-chronological order): <a href="http://sappingattention.blogspot.com/2011/08/word-counts.html#more" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://sappingattention.blogspot.com/2011/01/openness-and-culturomics.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://sappingattention.blogspot.com/2011/01/digital-history-and-copyright-black.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and <a href="http://sappingattention.blogspot.com/2010/12/missing-humanists.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. <br /><br />Interestingly (especially given that last, oldest post), Ben's now employed by the Culturomics folks as, if I'm not mistaken, the first humanist on staff. This is announced on his <a href="http://sappingattention.blogspot.com/2011/07/moving.html" rel="nofollow">blog</a>, and he's on <a href="http://www.culturomics.org/cultural-observatory-at-harvard/People" rel="nofollow">their website</a> now, too. His take on the matter's worth exploring. <br /><br />I've seen n-grams used in talks, but mainly as introduction-fodder (i.e. in un-exciting ways separate from analysis). Anecdotally, I know of professors who've responded skeptically only to be discovered with printed-out three-grams stacked up on their desks a week later..Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841787256060612291noreply@blogger.com