- Division: Humanities
- Unit: Oriental Studies Faculty
- Sub-Unit: not specified
This research project aims to investigate argument realization in detail for pre-modern Japanese, in essence giving a comprehensive account of the basic grammar of each of the stages of the language, from the beginning of its recorded history in the 8th century until the beginning of the 17th century. The time-depth and the quality and quantity of the sources through to the pre-modern period together make feasible a study of this kind which combines synchronic and diachronic perspectives. The results of the project will bear on the description and understanding of pre-modern Japanese and its changes through time, impacting on understanding and interpretation of earlier texts. The project is also expected to have implications for general linguistic theory, both with regards to frameworks for understanding verb semantics and clause structure, and with regards to the application of syntactic theory to ‘dead’ languages.
| Category | Sub-Headings | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Data Capture | Textual Input | Text recognition |
| Data analysis | Searching/Linking | Data mining |
| - - | Searching and querying | |
| - - | Topic Detection and Tracking | |
| Text Analysis | Collocating | |
| Data structuring and enhancement | Classifying and linking | Cataloguing and indexing |
| Text Encoding | Lemmatisation | |
| - - | Text encoding - descriptive |