Conceptual Drift

How the meaning/context of chosen terms shifts over time.

The Conceptual Drift widget.

Overview

Measures semantic drift of selected terms: how the words that co-occur with each term change across successive time windows, quantifying how a concept’s usage/meaning evolves. Useful for tracing how a term’s research context shifts.

Inputs

• Data (Table) — text + Year.

Outputs

• Drift (Table) — drift scores per term across windows.

Controls

• Terms (comma-sep) — the terms to track.

• Text column — the text field providing context.

• Window (yrs) — width of each comparison window.

Actions: Compute Drift.