Is there a text in my data? (Part 1): on counting words
This essay is the first in a two-part series. This first installment invites readers to consider a few very basic questions: what does it mean to count words in a text? What happens to the text, and to our understanding of it, when we decompose it into a series of word counts? What relation exists b...
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Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University
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| Series: | Journal of Cultural Analytics |
| Online Access: | http://culturalanalytics.scholasticahq.com/article/11830-is-there-a-text-in-my-data-part-1-on-counting-words.pdf |