Quantitative analysis of culture using millions of digitized books
Jean-Baptiste Michel,Yuan Kui Shen,Yuan Kui Shen,Aviva Presser Aiden,Adrian Veres,Matthew K. Gray,Joseph P. Pickett,Dale Hoiberg,Dan Clancy,Peter Norvig,Jon Orwant,Steven Pinker,Martin A. Nowak,Erez Lieberman Aiden +13 more
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This work surveys the vast terrain of ‘culturomics,’ focusing on linguistic and cultural phenomena that were reflected in the English language between 1800 and 2000, and shows how this approach can provide insights about fields as diverse as lexicography, the evolution of grammar, collective memory, the adoption of technology and the pursuit of fame.Abstract:
We constructed a corpus of digitized texts containing about 4% of all books ever printed. Analysis of this corpus enables us to investigate cultural trends quantitatively. We survey the vast terrain of 'culturomics,' focusing on linguistic and cultural phenomena that were reflected in the English language between 1800 and 2000. We show how this approach can provide insights about fields as diverse as lexicography, the evolution of grammar, collective memory, the adoption of technology, the pursuit of fame, censorship, and historical epidemiology. Culturomics extends the boundaries of rigorous quantitative inquiry to a wide array of new phenomena spanning the social sciences and the humanities.read more
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