Electronic Texts in the Humanities: Principles and Practice

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Susan Hockey (Professor of Library and Information Studies, Professor of Library and Information Studies, University College London)

Electronic Texts in the Humanities

Principles and Practice

Susan Hockey (Professor of Library and Information Studies, Professor of Library and Information Studies, University College London)

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Oxford University Press
01 December 2000

Information theory; Humanities; Ethical & social aspects of computing; Legal aspects of computing; Internet guides & online services

With word processing and the Internet, computing is much more part and parcel of the everyday life of the humanities scholar, but computers can do much more than assist with writing or Internet searching. This book introduces a range of tools and techniques for manipulating and analysing electronic texts in the humanities. It shows how electronic texts can be used for the literary analysis, linguistic analysis, authorship attribution, and the preparation and publication of electronic scholarly editions. It assesses the ways in which research in corpus and computational linguistics can feed into better electronic tools for humanities research. The tools and techniques discussed in this book will feed into better Internet tools and pave the way for the electronic scholar of the twenty-first century.

By: Susan Hockey (Professor of Library and Information Studies Professor of Library and Information Studies University College London)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 288g
ISBN: 9780198711957
ISBN 10: 0198711956
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 01 December 2000
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures 1: Why Electronic Texts? 2: Creating and Acquiring Electronic Texts 3: Text Encoding 4: Concordance and Text Retrieval Programs 5: Literary Analysis 6: Linguistic Analysis 7: Stylometry and Attribution Studies 8: Textual Criticism and Electronic Editions 9: Dictionaries and Lexical Databases 10: Where Next? Bibliography Index

Susan Hockey is Professor of Library and Information Studies, University College London

Reviews for Electronic Texts in the Humanities: Principles and Practice

A lucid introduction to the technical parameters of the field of digital document management from the perspective of the humanities . Modernism/Modernity Susan Hockey's informative handbook about what computers do and might do for analysers of literature and language is an engaging cross between a travelogue, a manufacturer's manual and a cookbook Valentine Cunningham, Times Higher Education Supplement Much of Hockey's value is in relaying not only other people's electronic methods and results, but also in passing on well-deserved doubts and scepticisms Valentine Cunningham, Times Higher Education Supplement