Tracking Words in Chinese Poetry of Tang and Song Dynasties with the China Biographical Database

Chao-Lin Liu, Kuo-Feng Luo


Abstract
(This is the abstract for the submission.) Large-scale comparisons between the poetry of Tang and Song dynasties shed light on how words and expressions were used and shared among the poets. That some words were used only in the Tang poetry and some only in the Song poetry could lead to interesting research in linguistics. That the most frequent colors are different in the Tang and Song poetry provides a trace of the changing social circumstances in the dynasties. Results of the current work link to research topics of lexicography, semantics, and social transitions. We discuss our findings and present our algorithms for efficient comparisons among the poems, which are crucial for completing billion times of comparisons within acceptable time.
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W16-4023
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Proceedings of the Workshop on Language Technology Resources and Tools for Digital Humanities (LT4DH)
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December
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2016
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Osaka, Japan
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Erhard Hinrichs, Marie Hinrichs, Thorsten Trippel
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LT4DH
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The COLING 2016 Organizing Committee
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172–180
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Chao-Lin Liu and Kuo-Feng Luo. 2016. Tracking Words in Chinese Poetry of Tang and Song Dynasties with the China Biographical Database. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Language Technology Resources and Tools for Digital Humanities (LT4DH), pages 172–180, Osaka, Japan. The COLING 2016 Organizing Committee.
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Tracking Words in Chinese Poetry of Tang and Song Dynasties with the China Biographical Database (Liu & Luo, LT4DH 2016)
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