Development of universal detection methods for identifying chronological or pseudo-chronological order of occurrence of terms in a given subject area

Abstract

This work seeks to develop universal detection methods for identifying chronological or pseudo- chronological order of occurrence of terms in a given subject area. To solve the problem of reconstruction of the chronological order of words and terms, it is proposed to use three methods: the method of word formation, the method of dictionary use, and finally, the method of hyponyms and hyperonyms. The method of word formation can be divided into several ways in relation to the problem: the prefixal method, the suffixal method, the prefixal-suffixal method, the non- suffixal method and the merging method. Prefixal method of word formation forms a new word by adding a prefix to the base. The suffixal method of word formation forms new words by adding a suffix to the base. Prefixal-suffixal method is based on the two methods of word formation described above. The non-suffix method forms new words using a zero suffix. The merging method forms new words by adding existing words. The method of using etymological dictionaries makes it possible to identify the exact sequence of the terms according to the available accurate data collected by such people as Max Vasmer. Each method builds the order of words and terms as they appear and is taken with a certain confidence factor of that order.