tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post9114196093891550724..comments2024-03-28T18:39:59.184-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: Search Challenge (12/9/15): How often do we write... this? Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-63678739443663000742015-12-10T10:54:23.605-08:002015-12-10T10:54:23.605-08:00how would a charter (polysemous?) extrapolate such...<a href="http://tinyurl.com/zm6zmql" rel="nofollow">how would a charter (polysemous?) extrapolate such a graph? the use escapes me…</a> <br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/nttca7n" rel="nofollow">the British English take</a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zbnko4y" rel="nofollow">for grins, Deutsch </a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zg8rcaa" rel="nofollow">Spanish</a><br />— interesting find Rosemary… some supplemental below<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2015/10/the-world-as-seen-through-books-an-interview-with-kalev-hannes-leetaru/" rel="nofollow">LoC interview</a><br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2015/10/05/do-big-data-results-depend-on-what-data-we-look-at/" rel="nofollow">Big Data article</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalev_Leetaru" rel="nofollow">Wiki profile</a><br /><a href="http://kalevleetaru.com/" rel="nofollow">Leetaru site</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-7578091872388794032015-12-09T20:44:18.417-08:002015-12-09T20:44:18.417-08:00Interesting article about Google Ngram and possibl...Interesting article about Google Ngram and possibly giving other options which I have yet to explore <br />http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2015/11/11/why-we-need-to-verify-our-big-data-results/Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-38536676894733510522015-12-09T19:33:26.488-08:002015-12-09T19:33:26.488-08:00Another great CHallenge
Used TRENDS for the citie...Another great CHallenge<br /><br />Used TRENDS for the cities and found that over the last 10 years London gets much more attention than the other 3.<br /><br />Same TREND finds Water way ahead of the others<br /><br />Same TREND finds the verb form used much more than the noun variety "to fly" vs "a fly"<br /><br />Polysemous--more to come<br /><br />Book comes to mind n > v<br />Milk N > v<br />Man n > v<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />jon tUjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450649073262987652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-32831822875640959952015-12-09T14:54:28.521-08:002015-12-09T14:54:28.521-08:00Without doing any research--I'm sure that whil...Without doing any research--I'm sure that while "Google" is still a noun," google" is used far more frequently these days as a verb than as a noun. Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11916187234293845661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-73245410647146022032015-12-09T10:38:31.225-08:002015-12-09T10:38:31.225-08:00Question 1:
London, Berlin, Los Angeles, Bejing - ...Question 1:<br />London, Berlin, Los Angeles, Bejing - From Google NGram Viewer for demo click https://goo.gl/uNfdFp <br /><br />Question 2: <br />water, milk, whiskey, orange and beer? <br />A database I am playing with for a product - from Google NGram dada. <br />Interestingly changing prefixes to indicate a female gender drops whiskey and introduces coffee. <br /><br />Question 3: <br />Verb - much more so.<br />The polysemy of hompgraphic words is available in Wordnet - link here http://goo.gl/zJgSdR <br /><br />Question 4;<br />Pre Alphabet, Google was a noun - now we all Google. <br />Things now Trend - we used to observe a Trend<br />We Text people<br />We Bookmark pages<br />We Phone people<br />We Message people <br />In the UK we used to Hoover the floor (vacuum clean)<br />I don't have a short code for these - they just popped in my head :) <br /><br />Dan ..... I have mentioned the impact your blog has on my productivity before. :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481206323785565273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-43836261062249877712015-12-09T10:11:24.513-08:002015-12-09T10:11:24.513-08:00Good day, Dr. Russell and everyone. You are right,...Good day, Dr. Russell and everyone. You are right, it is so much fun and interesting to find different words and how case, for example, can change results.<br /><br />Searched:<br /><br />First thought is Google Ngram <br /><br /><a href="https://books.google.com/ngrams/info" rel="nofollow"> Ngram Viewer </a><br /><br />Then searched for other possible sources with[Ngram]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wordfrequency.info/" rel="nofollow">Word frecuency</a><br /><br />[word frequency analysis]<br /><br />Returned to Google Ngram<br /><br />1.[ Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Beijing]<br />2.[ Water, Wine, Beer, Coffee, Root beer]<br />3.[fly _NOUN_,fly _VERB_] <br />4. Still thinking how to search for this one.<br /><br />[polysemous words from noun to verb]<br /><br /><b><i>Answers</i></b><br /><br /><br />1. When people write about world cities, which do they write about most often? Los Angeles, London, Berlin, or Beijing? <br />A: <a href="https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=+Los+Angeles%2C+London%2C+Berlin%2C+Beijing&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CLos%20Angeles%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CLondon%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CBerlin%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CBeijing%3B%2Cc0" rel="nofollow"> London.</a><br /><br /><br />2. If you look at what people write about what they drink (as a beverage), what do they write about? (Water? Wine? Beer? Coffee? Root beer?) Which is the most commonly written-about beverage? <br /><a href="https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Water%2C+Wine%2C+Beer%2C+Coffee%2C+Root+beer&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CWater%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CWine%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CBeer%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CCoffee%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CRoot%20beer%3B%2Cc0" rel="nofollow">Water</a> Still need to find way to understand what kind of product is each one when right click on the line, and why (all) is not always displayed.<br /><br />3. Is the word "fly" used more often as a noun, or as a verb? <br />A. <a href="https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=fly+_NOUN_+%2Cfly++_VERB_&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cfly%20_NOUN_%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfly%20_VERB_%3B%2Cc0" rel="nofollow">Now is as a Noun. Before 1917 was as a verb </a> Also, case makes differences.<br /> <br />4. Speaking of polysemous words (words with more than one meaning), can you find any words that USED to be used more frequently as nouns, that are now usually used as verbs? (Or vice-versa? Words that were once verbs, but are now thought of as nouns?) <br />A: not yet.<br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.com