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Sanders, Alton F.; Sanders, Ruth H. – Computers and the Humanities, 1989
Identifies issues specific to syntactic parsing for intelligent computer-assisted language instruction (ICALI), including applications, types of input errors, characteristics of natural language, and output. Presents a general overview and assessment of grammar formalisms and parsing strategies in relation to ICALI. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Language Processing, Language Research, Second Language Instruction
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Oppenheim, Rosa – Computers and the Humanities, 1988
Examines mathematical models of style analysis, focusing on the pattern in which literary characteristics occur. Describes an autoregressive integrated moving average model (ARIMA) for predicting sentence length in different works by the same author and comparable works by different authors. This technique is valuable in characterizing stylistic…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Correlation, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles
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Olsen, Mark – Computers and the Humanities, 1994
Contends that computer-aided literature studies have failed to impact the field as a whole. Asserts that new databases, such as TLG or ARTFL, allow wide-spectrum analyses that may transform the way in which literature is studied. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Higher Education
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Henry, Charles – Computers and the Humanities, 1994
Asserts that humanities computing techniques and methodologies remain marginal to mainstream literary scholarship. Argues for large scale analyses of text databases that would incorporate a shift in theoretical orientation to include greater stress on intertextuality and sign theory. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Databases