%0 Conference Paper %1 10.1007/978-3-319-59888-8_30 %A Grayson, Siobhán %A Mulvany, Maria %A Wade, Karen %A Meaney, Gerardine %A Greene, Derek %B Language, Data, and Knowledge %C Cham %D 2017 %E Gracia, Jorge %E Bond, Francis %E McCrae, John P. %E Buitelaar, Paul %E Chiarcos, Christian %E Hellmann, Sebastian %I Springer International Publishing %K dh embeddings fiction gender literature word %P 358--364 %T Exploring the Role of Gender in 19th Century Fiction Through the Lens of Word Embeddings %X Within the last decade, substantial advances have been made in the field of computational linguistics, due in part to the evolution of word embedding algorithms inspired by neural network models. These algorithms attempt to derive a set of vectors which represent the vocabulary of a textual corpus in a new embedded space. This new representation can then be used to measure the underlying similarity between words. In this paper, we explore the role an author's gender may play in the selection of words that they choose to construct their narratives. Using a curated corpus of forty-eight 19th century novels, we generate, visualise, and investigate word embedding representations using a list of gender-encoded words. This allows us to explore the different ways in which male and female authors of this corpus use terms relating to contemporary understandings of gender and gender roles. %@ 978-3-319-59888-8

@inproceedings{10.1007/978-3-319-59888-8_30, abstract = {Within the last decade, substantial advances have been made in the field of computational linguistics, due in part to the evolution of word embedding algorithms inspired by neural network models. These algorithms attempt to derive a set of vectors which represent the vocabulary of a textual corpus in a new embedded space. This new representation can then be used to measure the underlying similarity between words. In this paper, we explore the role an author's gender may play in the selection of words that they choose to construct their narratives. Using a curated corpus of forty-eight 19th century novels, we generate, visualise, and investigate word embedding representations using a list of gender-encoded words. This allows us to explore the different ways in which male and female authors of this corpus use terms relating to contemporary understandings of gender and gender roles.}, added-at = {2020-02-19T14:04:58.000+0100}, address = {Cham}, author = {Grayson, Siobh{\'a}n and Mulvany, Maria and Wade, Karen and Meaney, Gerardine and Greene, Derek}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2dde1414688079b68d98dc630e2fe7386/schwemmlein}, booktitle = {Language, Data, and Knowledge}, description = {Exploring the Role of Gender in 19th Century Fiction Through the Lens of Word Embeddings | SpringerLink}, editor = {Gracia, Jorge and Bond, Francis and McCrae, John P. and Buitelaar, Paul and Chiarcos, Christian and Hellmann, Sebastian}, interhash = {3ca52378118a55a6928c603341135467}, intrahash = {dde1414688079b68d98dc630e2fe7386}, isbn = {978-3-319-59888-8}, keywords = {dh embeddings fiction gender literature word}, pages = {358--364}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, timestamp = {2020-02-19T14:04:58.000+0100}, title = {Exploring the Role of Gender in 19th Century Fiction Through the Lens of Word Embeddings}, year = 2017 }