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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | fqz031 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Digital Scholarship in the Humanities |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 18 Jun 2019 |
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Dating medieval texts by classification with flexible time intervals. / Toner, Gregory; Han, Xiwu.
In: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 18.06.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Dating medieval texts by classification with flexible time intervals
AU - Toner, Gregory
AU - Han, Xiwu
N1 - Not for REF
PY - 2019/6/18
Y1 - 2019/6/18
N2 - Determining the date of writing is a practical problem often encountered in the study of ancient and medieval texts. The problem is compounded by differences in genre, register and style, but in particular by our frequent dependence on much later copies of lost originals. This article examines how a method of classification with flexible time intervals has been developed for a corpus of medieval Irish annals (c.700–c.1600). It is shown that the method can deal successfully with an unparsed, complex corpus containing contaminated data. A method of extending the model from good quality, uncontaminated data to more complex texts is also demonstrated by identifying temporal characteristics and typical entries in the high-quality source.
AB - Determining the date of writing is a practical problem often encountered in the study of ancient and medieval texts. The problem is compounded by differences in genre, register and style, but in particular by our frequent dependence on much later copies of lost originals. This article examines how a method of classification with flexible time intervals has been developed for a corpus of medieval Irish annals (c.700–c.1600). It is shown that the method can deal successfully with an unparsed, complex corpus containing contaminated data. A method of extending the model from good quality, uncontaminated data to more complex texts is also demonstrated by identifying temporal characteristics and typical entries in the high-quality source.
U2 - 10.1093/llc/fqz031
DO - 10.1093/llc/fqz031
M3 - Article
JO - Digital Scholarship in the Humanities
JF - Digital Scholarship in the Humanities
SN - 2055-7671
M1 - fqz031
ER -