Computer Analysis of Spelling Variants in Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Barnbrook, Geoff.
Computer Analysis of Spelling Variants in Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Gerhard Leitner, ed. New Directions in English Language Corpora: Methodology, Results, Software Developments (Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1992), pp. 277-87.
- Description
- Explores the potential for "training" a computer to identify spelling variants in Middle English texts, using Robinson's edition (1957) of CT as a basis for analysis. Describes a methodology, results, and perceived shortcomings.
- Contributor
- Leitner, Gerhard, ed.
- Alternative Title
- New Directions in English Language Corpora: Methodology, Results, Software Developments
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies