Historical Concordance Lines for Constitution 1760-1799

Comprising concordance lines for the word 'constitution' with 50 words of context on either side, extracted from the COFEA database. The data covers the period from 1760 to 1799 and includes scripts used to train an AI model. Row, column, and size information is not available.

Use Cases

• Analyze the semantic context and usage patterns of the word 'constitution' within its 50-word context windows from 1760-1799.
• Train or fine-tune NLP models on historical legal text using the provided training scripts and concordance lines.
• Study the evolution of constitutional discourse by examining the temporal distribution of concordance lines across the 40-year period.

Strengths

• Provides a focused corpus of historical text centered on the keyword 'constitution' from 1760-1799.
• Includes the specific 50-word context window for each concordance line, preserving linguistic surroundings.
• The associated training scripts offer a methodological starting point for AI model development on this data.

Limitations

• The dataset's scope is limited to a single keyword ('constitution') from one specific database (COFEA).
• The sample size, row count, and data volume are unknown, making it difficult to assess representativeness.
• The data may reflect the specific biases and coverage limitations inherent to the source COFEA database.

Provenance

Source

COFEA (Corpus of Founding Era American English) database at Brigham Young University.

Collection Method

Extraction of concordance lines for the term 'constitution' with surrounding context.

Time Range

1760 to 1799

Freshness

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Geography

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