TY - UNPB
T1 - A Probabilistic Approach to Linguistic Variation and Change in Biblical Hebrew
AU - van Peursen, W.T.
AU - Bhulai, Sandjai
AU - Kingham, Cody
AU - van de Bijl, Etienne
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - There is currently a disagreement in the field of Hebrew Studies on the methods used to date individual books within the Hebrew Bible. An important question in this debate is if linguistic differences between the books are significant enough to warrant a diachronic explanation. In this project, we seek to answer whether differences in syntax between the books are large enough to merit groupings into Standard or Late Biblical Hebrew. We use a statistical tool called Markov Chains, which models transition dependency in sequences. Our method takes into account word and phrase order for parts of speech, phrase functions, and phrase types. We then cluster the books based on their statistical similarities. Our results may corroborate key claims of the diachronic approach
AB - There is currently a disagreement in the field of Hebrew Studies on the methods used to date individual books within the Hebrew Bible. An important question in this debate is if linguistic differences between the books are significant enough to warrant a diachronic explanation. In this project, we seek to answer whether differences in syntax between the books are large enough to merit groupings into Standard or Late Biblical Hebrew. We use a statistical tool called Markov Chains, which models transition dependency in sequences. Our method takes into account word and phrase order for parts of speech, phrase functions, and phrase types. We then cluster the books based on their statistical similarities. Our results may corroborate key claims of the diachronic approach
U2 - 10.5281/zenodo.2546802
DO - 10.5281/zenodo.2546802
M3 - Working paper
BT - A Probabilistic Approach to Linguistic Variation and Change in Biblical Hebrew
ER -