Exhaustive computer research project shows shift in English language
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 06:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
University of Illinois English professor Ted Underwood recently wrapped up a research project involving more than 4,200 books. Since that work revealed dramatic shifts in the English language between the 18th and 19th centuries, he's now expanding his research to include more than 470,000 books – almost every English language book written during that era and preserved in a university library.