Computational Sociolinguistics from the Perspective of New Liberal Arts
One of the goals of the new liberal arts is the intersection and integration of multiple disciplines in research content and theoretical methodologies,thus forming new disciplinary directions and research paradigms,as well as corresponding inter-discipline talents training models.To this end,this paper proposes an operational path:integrating several first-generation interdisciplinary fields that have already been developed into a second-generation interdisciplinary field.For example,in the research field of"social networking-social variation of language-computational modeling",which is so complicated by multiple disciplines,we can use the first-generation interdisciplinary fields such as"computational linguistics"and"social linguistics"to form the second-generation interdisciplinary field of"computational social linguistics".This path can refine and promote the development of the new liberal arts,and provide necessary disciplinary regulations.In addition,theories,methodologies and issues of computational sociolinguistics are also exemplified in this paper by the"physical-mental-information"space of contemporary society,where speakers'social identities,individual personalities and social interactions impose influence on language use and language variation choices.
development of new liberal artsfirst/second-generation interdisciplinaryComputational/Sociolinguisticsternary space