Joshua Foster HIST 390 Blog

Usage of Words

1. Multitude of meanings + meaning over time + across cultures
2. Context – correlations
3. Linguistic divides
4. Sourcing – books, magazines… a. timeliness b. literacy (read, write) c. Education d. Tech
5. Usage patterns
6. Preservation path
7. Optical Character Recognition (ex. suck vs fuck)

*Corpus – corpora… what makes it up

Not a real preservation path in some things… like Victorian books

Must look into where words are being used to make evaluation… for example the word ‘Marriage’ in American English vs British English