Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 21:22:45 +0100
From: "Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox" <jrydberg@perseus.tufts.edu>
Subject: new from Perseus
Members of the Humanist list might be interested in three new tools that
have recently been added to the Perseus digital library
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu).
The first is a Greek word collocation tool that allows readers to explore
the words that commonly occur within five words of each other in the Perseus
Greek corpus. This allows users to explore both the primary senses of a
word and also common idioms and phrases.
A complete description of this tool with sample links is located at
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/PR/colloc.ann.html
The second tool is a new search facility that allows users to form complex
queries about the Greek and Latin texts in Perseus. Users can enter any
number of query words in their inflected forms. The search program will
parse the query words and find sentences that contain words derived from the
same lexical forms. It is also possible for users to limit their searches
by specifying words that should or should not be included in the search
results.
A complete description of this tool with sample links is located at
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/PR/search.ann.html
The third tool suggests possible synonyms for Greek and Latin words based on
computational analysis of dictionary entries.
A complete description of this tool with sample links is located at
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/PR/syn.ann.html
These tools are the result of my recent research into the adaptation of
techniques from the fields of corpus linguistics and information retrieval
for Greek and Latin texts. Please feel free to send me comments and
suggestions for improvement.
Jeff Rydberg-Cox
The Perseus Project
jrydberg@perseus.tufts.edu
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