Exploring an extinct society through the lens of Habitus-Field theory and the Tocharian text corpus

Abstract The paper applies Habitus-Field theory, Multiple Correspondence Analysis, and close reading to study an extinct, ancient civilization through the lense of a likewise extinct language: Tocharian. To do so, we analyze a large corpus of 5276 text fragments written from the 5th to the 10th cent...

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Main Authors: Oliver Wieczorek, Melanie Malzahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2024-01-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02503-2