SEMOGRAPH Information System as a Platform for Network-Based Linguistic Research: A Case Study of Verbal Behavior of Social Network Users

Abstract

Contemporary state of the art of scientific development is characterized by a great influence of advanced technologies and high-tech solutions; linguistic science is also affected by new challenges. Language researchers face the problem of processing and analyzing large linguistic databases, applying advanced technology products and resorting to computer-integrated methods. In this context, computerized systems of processing linguistic data are becoming especially relevant. In the paper, the authors present the SEMOGRAPH Information System—a unique tool specially designed for conducting linguistic research and analyzing their data. SEMOGRAPH gives a possibility to carry out text data analysis, create and tag various corpora, conduct psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and other experiments, elaborate classifiers and thesauruses, work out linguistic models, and solve other tasks connected with processing linguistic data. The potentials of SEMOGRAPH are demonstrated on the example of multiparameter analysis of social features, psychological characteristics, and speech behavior of social network users.