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Literary Concordances

A Complete Handbook for the Preparation of Manual and Computer Concordances

  • 1st Edition - November 1, 1979
  • Latest edition
  • Author: T. H. Howard-Hill
  • Language: English

All problems likely to be encountered by anyone who intends to prepare a literary concordance are discussed on a practical level, although there is substantial examination of more… Read more

Description

All problems likely to be encountered by anyone who intends to prepare a literary concordance are discussed on a practical level, although there is substantial examination of more advanced concording techniques which the computer makes it possible to adopt. Although the emphasis is on works in English, the structural principles which are analysed in the book can be applied readily to works in other languages

Table of contents

(partial) Preface

Introduction

Selection of base text

Arrangement - alphabetisation, hyphenated compounds, old and modern spelling heading words, homograph distinction

Organisation of entries: contexts, computer-extracted contexts, word field, text sigla, text reference field, frequency counts

Comprehensiveness: foreign language, other non-authorial material, textual variants

Statistics

Other material

Special forms of concordance

Conclusion

Appendix: COCOA, R.L. Oakman

Notes

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 28, 2014
  • Language: English

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T. H. Howard-Hill

Affiliations and expertise
University of South Carolina, USA

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