Queries (93)

Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA)
Wed, 15 Feb 89 20:58:44 EST


Humanist Mailing List, Vol. 2, No. 608. Wednesday, 15 Feb 1989.


(1) Date: Wed, 15 Feb 89 14:29:42 GMT (6 lines)
From: Angela <ABOURKE@irlearn.uucp>
Subject: folkloristics?

(2) Date: Wed, 15 Feb 89 14:12:24 PST (21 lines)
From: cbf%faulhaber.Berkeley.EDU@jade.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber)
Subject: Logoteca Espan~ola de Gotemburgo

(3) Date: Wed, 15 Feb 89 19:54 EST (41 lines)
From: <LAPLANTE@UMTLVR>
Subject: Intro. to computing in the humanities

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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 89 14:29:42 GMT
From: Angela <ABOURKE@irlearn.uucp>
Subject: folkloristics?

Yes, I'm interested in the folkloristics discussion group..
What is it? Any more info?? Thanks, Angela
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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 89 14:12:24 PST
From: cbf%faulhaber.Berkeley.EDU@jade.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber)
Subject: Logoteca Espan~ola de Gotemburgo

We have received an order form for the text and
concordances of two large text corpora produced
at the Institut d'Etudes Romanes of the U. of
Go"teborg (Sweden), from 11 Spanish novels
published between 1951 and 1971 and from 3000
newspaper articles published in Spain in 1977.

This is being made available in printed and
microfiche. Is it also being made available
in machine-readable form?

Charles B. Faulhaber
Department of Spanish
UC Berkeley CA 94720
bitnet: ked@ucbgarne
internet: cbf@faulhaber.berkeley.edu
telephone: (415) 642-2107
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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 89 19:54 EST
From: <LAPLANTE@UMTLVR>
Subject: Intro. to computing in the humanities

I am a sociologist and I am used to do statistical analysis of
quantitative data much like what is gathered by census or socio-
economic surveys.

But right now, I'm starting to get interested in what people on
this list are specialists of -computer analysis of textual data- and
I'm first trying to get a general idea of what are the main types
of applications, what are the problems each of them can solve
and what are those each creates, and what is the state of the art
in each area.

Unfortunately I don't have *direct* access to someone who is
familiar with what's going on in that field. The processes from various
congresses haven't been of much help to me since they are intended to
be read by people who are already familiar with the topics and the
only general introduction I have found so far by myself is dated 1980
(HOCKEY, Susan, _A Guide to Computer Applications in the Humanities_,
London, Duckworth), an age when ASCII seemed to be somekind of science-
fiction-like esperanto, a terminal was something convenient to use when
correcting data read from punched cards, *micro* was the short name
for the micro-processor of a pocket calculator and Pascal still a
French philosopher...

I guess some parts of that book are still valid but I'm sure somebody
published something comprehensive in the past couple of years and that
I've been looking for it in the wrong place.

So I would be very grateful if anyone of you could direct me to one
or several references that would help me to find my way in your world.

Thanks in advance.

Benoit LAPLANTE
Departement de sociologie
Universite de Montreal
LAPLANTE@UMTLVR (old style)
LAPLANTE@CC.UMONTREAL.CA (new style)