Computers and Composition Jun 2026

A quantitative, computational investigation of Computers and Composition: Using topic modeling over time to reveal patterns in textual data

Stuart Deets University of Minnesota
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Computers and Composition
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2026-06-01
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10.1016/j.compcom.2026.102998
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