Real Texts

Author : Maggie Bowring,Ronald Carter,Angela Goddard,Danuta Reah,Keith Sanger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134758289

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Working with Texts by Maggie Bowring,Ronald Carter,Angela Goddard,Danuta Reah,Keith Sanger Pdf

Working with Texts: A Core Book for Language Analysis provides a basic foundation for understanding aspects of English language crucial in the analysis of text. The major topics covered include writing, the sound system of spoken English, words, sentence grammar and discourse construction. The wide range of texts examined include literary extracts from prose fiction (Jeanette Winterson, Anne Tyler), poetry (D. H. Lawrence, Margaret Atwood), drama (John Godber) and graphic novels (Neil Gaiman), but also a huge diversity of texts from contemporary media: newspaper articles, advertisements (Gap, Kelloggs), political speeches and original authentic materials (children's writing, signs, everyday conversation). Student-friendly features include: * Activities showing how language works in texts and their contexts * Commentaries which follow each activity, highlighting main points of language use * Wide coverage of different genres: literary texts, notes, memos, signs, advertisements, leaflets, speeches, conversation * Suggestions for further reading and additional self-study exercises * Key words highlighted and a full index of terms Ideal for introductory courses to English Language and Literature and Linguistics. Also of interest to students of media and communication studies.

Author : Alexander Fidora,Harvey J. Hames,Yossef Schwartz
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004252875

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Latin-into-Hebrew: Texts and Studies by Alexander Fidora,Harvey J. Hames,Yossef Schwartz Pdf

This two-volume work, Latin-into-Hebrew: Texts and Studies sheds new light on an under-investigated phenomenon of European medieval intellectual history: the transmission of knowledge and texts from Latin into Hebrew between the twelfth and the fifteenth century. Because medieval Jewish philosophy and science in Christian Europe drew mostly on Hebrew translations from Arabic, the significance of the input from the Christian majority culture has been neglected. Latin-into-Hebrew: Texts and Studies redresses the balance. It highlights the various phases of Latin-into-Hebrew translations and considers their disparity in time, place, and motivations. Special emphasis is put on the singular role of the translations of Latin medical and philosophical literature. Volume One: Studies, offers 18 studies and Volume Two: Texts in Contexts, includes editions and analyses of hitherto unpublished texts of medieval Latin-into-Hebrew translations. Both volumes are available separately or together as a set. This groundbreaking work is indispensable for any scholar interested in the history of medieval philosophic and scientific thought in Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic in relationship to the vicissitudes of Jewish-Christian relations.

Author : Michael Piotrowski
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781608459476

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Natural Language Processing for Historical Texts by Michael Piotrowski Pdf

More and more historical texts are becoming available in digital form. Digitization of paper documents is motivated by the aim of preserving cultural heritage and making it more accessible, both to laypeople and scholars. As digital images cannot be searched for text, digitization projects increasingly strive to create digital text, which can be searched and otherwise automatically processed, in addition to facsimiles. Indeed, the emerging field of digital humanities heavily relies on the availability of digital text for its studies. Together with the increasing availability of historical texts in digital form, there is a growing interest in applying natural language processing (NLP) methods and tools to historical texts. However, the specific linguistic properties of historical texts -- the lack of standardized orthography, in particular -- pose special challenges for NLP. This book aims to give an introduction to NLP for historical texts and an overview of the state of the art in this field. The book starts with an overview of methods for the acquisition of historical texts (scanning and OCR), discusses text encoding and annotation schemes, and presents examples of corpora of historical texts in a variety of languages. The book then discusses specific methods, such as creating part-of-speech taggers for historical languages or handling spelling variation. A final chapter analyzes the relationship between NLP and the digital humanities. Certain recently emerging textual genres, such as SMS, social media, and chat messages, or newsgroup and forum postings share a number of properties with historical texts, for example, nonstandard orthography and grammar, and profuse use of abbreviations. The methods and techniques required for the effective processing of historical texts are thus also of interest for research in other domains. Table of Contents: Introduction / NLP and Digital Humanities / Spelling in Historical Texts / Acquiring Historical Texts / Text Encoding and Annotation Schemes / Handling Spelling Variation / NLP Tools for Historical Languages / Historical Corpora / Conclusion / Bibliography

Author : F. Pollock,L. Dippel
Publisher : Pascal Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1741251028

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English Texts & Contexts 1 by F. Pollock,L. Dippel Pdf

This book includes chapters dealing with the relationships between composers and responders, how to use technology to make texts, and how to effectively compose and respond to different types of text. There is a wide range of texts presented, including film, visual and electronic texts. Students will learn how to increase their understanding of language features, structures, the perspectives of composers and responders, and the way that context can affect a text.

Author : Thomas Gloning,Christopher Young
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134671908

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A History of the German Language Through Texts by Thomas Gloning,Christopher Young Pdf

Written in a lively and accessible style, the book looks at the history of German through a wide range of texts, from medical, legal and scientific writing to literature, everyday newspapers and adverts.

Author : Kirsten Refsing,Lita Lundquist
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Japanese language
ISBN : 9788763507776

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Translating Japanese Texts by Kirsten Refsing,Lita Lundquist Pdf

Intended for both students and teachers of translation, and professional translators, this book offers an introduction to problems of and strategies for translating Japanese texts. It focuses on Japanese and English and attempts to highlight differences between these two languages.

Author : Nina Lykke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317817246

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Writing Academic Texts Differently by Nina Lykke Pdf

This edited volume combines cutting-edge research on feminist and intersectional writing methodologies with explorations of links between academic and creative writing practices. Contributors discuss what it means for academic writing processes to explore intersectional in-between spaces between monolithic identity markers and power differentials such as gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality and nationality. How does such a frame change academic writing? How does it make it pertinent to explore new synergies between academic and creative writing? In answer to these questions, the book offers theories, methodologies, political and ethical considerations, as well as reflections on writing strategies. Suggestions for writing exercises, developed against the background of the contributors' individual and joint teaching practices, will inspire readers to engage in alternative writing practices themselves.

Author : Mikhail Yu. Khachay,Natalia Konstantinova,Alexander Panchenko,Dmitry Ignatov,Valeri G. Labunets
Publisher : Springer
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319261232

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Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts by Mikhail Yu. Khachay,Natalia Konstantinova,Alexander Panchenko,Dmitry Ignatov,Valeri G. Labunets Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts, AIST 2015, held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in April 2015. The 24 full and 8 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 140 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on analysis of images and videos; pattern recognition and machine learning; social network analysis; text mining and natural language processing.

Author : Christine Helmer
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589832213

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The Multivalence of Biblical Texts and Theological Meanings by Christine Helmer Pdf

Author : Linda K. Christian-Smith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317791560

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Texts Of Desire by Linda K. Christian-Smith Pdf

Popular fiction continues to be the object of both academic and political Interest as educators seek to understand the role literacy plays in constructing gender, class, race, ethnic, sexual, age and national subjectivities of young women. Popular fiction represents both Ideological closure and utopian possibilities. Nowhere are these double-edged qualities more evident than In popular teen romance fiction. Texts of Desire examines stories in which desire, fantasy, politics and economics are intertwined with literacy, femininities and schooling. It focuses on the role of teen romance and other popular fiction in the construction and re­construction of femininities Internationally. These texts, many of which focus on girls' first love experiences, have stunned the publishing world with their record sales and international readership in little over ten years. Developed in the United States amid the conservative political Reaganism, teen romance fiction condenses and articulates the long-standing fears and resentments of conservative groups regarding feminism, and women's growing independence and political power. Texts of Desire is a stimulating collection of essays which draw on multidisciplinary approaches from cultural studies and feminist theories, psychoanalysis, semiotics, reader research, and critical theory. Internationally recognised researchers explore the complexity of the worldwide teen romance novel phenomenon, and the political character of women's schooling and literacies.

Author : Lori Oczkus,Timothy Rasinski
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781425813581

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Close Reading with Paired Texts Level 2 by Lori Oczkus,Timothy Rasinski Pdf

Teach second grade students close reading strategies that strengthen their fluency and comprehension skills! Students will read and analyze various types of texts to get the most out of the rich content. Their reading skills will improve as they answer text-dependent questions, compare and contrast texts, and learn to use close reading strategies on their own! The lessons are designed to make close reading strategies accessible, interactive, grade appropriate, and fun. The lesson plans are easy to follow, and offer a practical model built on research-based comprehension and fluency strategies.

Author : H. Gregory Snyder
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0415217660

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Teachers and Texts in the Ancient World by H. Gregory Snyder Pdf

A comprehensive and accessible survey of religious and philosophical teaching and classroom practices in the ancient world.

Author : Gillespie, Marie,Toynbee, Jason
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335218868

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Analysing Media Texts (Volume 4) by Gillespie, Marie,Toynbee, Jason Pdf

Provides an introduction to analysing media texts. This book with its award winning DVD, helps students learn how to do semiotic, genre and narrative analysis, content and discourse analysis, and engage with debates about the politics of representation.

Author : Victor E. Taylor,Charles E. Winquist
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0415185688

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Postmodernism: Critical texts by Victor E. Taylor,Charles E. Winquist Pdf

V.1 Foundational essays -- V.2 Critical Texts -- V.3 Disciplinary texts: Humanities and social sciences -- V.4 Legal studies, psychoanalytic studies, visual arts and architecture.

Author : Heidi Anne E. Mesmer
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781593855970

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Tools for Matching Readers to Texts by Heidi Anne E. Mesmer Pdf

A guide to the different systems for determining text difficulty offers a review of recently developed applications such as Lexiles, as well as traditional readability formulas and systems for beginning readers and coverage of two electronic book matching programs, Accelerated Reader and Reading Counts.