Electronic Texts in the Humanities by Susan Hockey

Electronic Texts in the Humanities by Susan Hockey

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Summary

This book is an introduction to the ways in which humanities scholars and students can use electronic texts for research and teaching in literature, linguistics, and history. The book goes beyond current Internet technology to show how computers can be used not only to show electronic texts, but to manipulate and analyse them.

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Electronic Texts in the Humanities by Susan Hockey

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.
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 *
Susan Hockey is Professor of Library and Information Studies, University College London
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ISBN 13 9780198711957
ISBN 10 0198711956
Title Electronic Texts in the Humanities
Author Susan Hockey
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2000-11-23
Number of pages 228
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.