Discourse and Argumentation in Archaeology: Conceptual and Computational Approaches (1st ed. 2023)

This book covers the topic of discourse and argumentation in archaeology with an aim to serve the archaeology community. The book presents discourse and argument analysis approaches and techniques in an affordable manner and applied to archaeological situations. It focuses on techniques and approaches that can be applicable to multiple situations, periods and cultures. The book begins with an introduction to discourse and argumentation analysis as a general field and also as an auxiliary technique to archaeology. The work includes conceptual applications, ranging from causality, ontological connections, vagueness, social production of discourse and public debates. The work also devotes a section to computational approaches and describes the specifics of some well-known families of algorithms such as lexical processing, information extraction or sentiment analysis. The conclusion comments on the future and which reflects on the previous chapters and discusses how the presented techniques and approaches should be adapted or improved for easier and more powerful application to archaeology. Contributing authors bring perspectives from archaeology, linguistics, and computer science.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Quantitative Archaeology and Archaeological Modelling
Release date:	October 2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	Cesar Gonzalez-Perez • Patricia Martin-Rodilla • Martín Pereira-Fariña
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Pages:	370
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-137155-4
Categories:	Books
LSN:	3-03-137155-0
Barcode:	9783031371554

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