Key semantic domain instead of key word maybe as an add on to LST.

Hamilton Ramos
Hamilton Ramos Member Posts: 1,033
edited November 2024 in English Forum

I came across the following article overview:

https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ijcl.13.4.06ray

From the above:

"This paper reports the extension of the key words method for the comparison of corpora. Using automatic tagging software that assigns part-of-speech and semantic field (domain) tags, a method is described which permits the extraction of key domains by applying the keyness calculation to tag frequency lists. The combination of the key words and key domains methods is shown to allow macroscopic analysis (the study of the characteristics of whole texts or varieties of language) to inform the microscopic level (focussing on the use of a particular linguistic feature) and thereby suggesting those linguistic features which should be investigated further. The resulting ‘data-driven’ approach presented here combines elements of both the ‘corpus-based’ and ‘corpus-driven’ paradigms in corpus linguistics. A web-based tool, Wmatrix, implementing the proposed method is applied in a case study: the comparison of UK 2001 general election manifestos of the Labour and Liberal Democratic parties."



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The framework of using semantic domains for in Bible intertextual topical search, could even be applied to inter denominational Systematic Theology search for comparison.

Any chance that a Systematic Theology guide type project that uses conceptual categories / semantic domains to facilitate comparison among traditions and languages can be developed? 

Peace and grace.

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