Software Details
| Title: | Great Corpus of French language Grammars... |
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| Submitter: | rosemonde mathieu |
| Description: | Dear Colleagues, As a publisher we would like to submit an announcement regarding a new database: The Grand Corpus des grammaires françaises, des remarques et des traités sur la langue XIVe-XVIIe siècles (Great Corpus of French language Grammars, Commentaries and Treatises on language (14th-17th centuries)), which groups together in one database the Corpus of French Renaissance grammars, the Corpus of French 17th century grammars and the Corpus of remarks on the French language (17th Century). This is close to representing all the French grammars of the 14th to 17th centuries. Each grammar is presented both in a digitalised format identical to the original version and also as a fac-simile. The Great Corpus is unique in that it allows research ranging from basic reference to in-depth academic research, according to the requirements of researchers and students. For instance, the user will be able to direct his/her research towards a detailed analysis of textual structure based on the complete text: analysis of different words, of the meta-text or of meta-linguistic terms. He/she will also be able to investigate the pre-texts, post-texts, chapters, sub-chapters, paragraphs, notes only (the editor’s and author’s notes, the marginalia, etc.) as well as examples and quotations. Other illustrations of the search engine’s functionalities: further research can be carried out on the actual author of the grammar (according to the date of composition, edition and publication, etc.) or on an author referred to in the grammar as the source of an example, quotation, opinion or similarly as a historical or mythological character. Hundreds of combinations are therefore possible, allowing everyone to use the Great Corpus according to his/her own needs, whether they be basic, on the spot queries, or part of more detailed research over a longer period of time. Created by a team of internationally recognised researchers, the Great Corpus is an essential resource for every consultation or research library. For the purpose of systematic study, the three constitutive resources of the Great Corpus offer teachers, researchers and students a vast range of research tools: full text research, authors’ thesaurus (5 categories) and book titles (3 categories), examples and quotations thesaurus. The Great Corpus provides an opportunity of composing one’s own working corpus, extracting and exporting the results. Such an exceptional collection will clearly contribute to improve research in the history of the French language and the history of French linguistic ideas. Please feel free to contact Rosemonde Mathieu at rosemondemathieu@classiques-garnier.com for any further information, or visit our website at the following URL: http://www.classiques-garnier.com/numerique-en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=145%3Agreat-corpus-of-french-language-grammars-commentaries-and-treatises-on-language-15th-17th-centuries&catid=33%3Acatalogue-bases-dicenc&Itemid=30 Classiques Garnier Digital 6, rue de la Sorbonne 75005 Paris France Phone: +33 1 43 26 16 58 - Fax: +33 1 44 41 01 36 http://www.classiques-garnier.com/numerique-en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=30 |
| Linguistic Field(s): |
Historical Linguistics Text/Corpus Linguistics History of Linguistics |
| Language Specialty: |
French French, Middle French, Old |
| LL Issue: | 23.619 |
| Date Posted: | 06-Feb-2012 |
