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(from a 1941 dissertation on Thomas More)

I’d like to “delve” into how AI is “fostering” changes in writing Research about pre- and post-ChatGPT changes in vocabulary and sentence structure

New blog post up!

"I’d like to “delve” into how AI is “fostering” changes in writing"

Research shows student writing changed post-ChatGPT:

-The word “foster” saw a 10.8X increase
-"Delve” is used 10.5X more often
-Other cool findings!

meresophistry.substack.com/p/id-like-to...

Basically, we lack a proper accessible early modern Scots corpus, to my knowledge 😞

EEBO is mostly English with some Scots, but most of the hits I could get from searching it on www.english-corpora.org came from English texts. My own corpus is of religious texts, so maybe too specific for your purpose?

@matthewharrison.bsky.social The closest things to what you're looking for are the Helsinki Corpus of Older Scots (HCOS) and Early English Books Online (EEBO). HCOS is a smaller body of Older Scots texts, but I couldn't find any hits for 'micht cud' or similar terms

Had a great time today discussing #Scots at the #OorVyce Gaitherin! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Spent all of 3 hours in Mainz, so had to prioritise #gutenberg