Change points: ageing and content words in large a database.

Time-series analysis is applied to the most frequently occurring vocabulary relating to the concept of ageing in the Tresor de la Langue Francaise database. The chosen time-series method is the multiple regression model (sometimes called 'two-phase regression' or 'switching regression') of change-po...

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Publicado en:Literary & Linguistic Computing Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 15 - 23
Autores principales: Fortier, PA, Keen, KJ, Fortier, J
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA 1997
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Sumario:Time-series analysis is applied to the most frequently occurring vocabulary relating to the concept of ageing in the Tresor de la Langue Francaise database. The chosen time-series method is the multiple regression model (sometimes called 'two-phase regression' or 'switching regression') of change-point analysis. The results produced by this method suggest possible interpretations of attitudes towards ageing in France during the period under study (1789-1964). The applicability of the multiple regression model of change-point analysis to literary texts is suggested.