Computational Analysis of Syriac Texts Wido van Peursen Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer VU University Amsterdam A short history PIL 1959 WIVU 1977 CALAP 1999 A short history PIL ID: 826744
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Exploring New Directions in the Computa
Exploring New Directions in the Computational Analysis of SyriacTexts Wido van PeursenEepTalstraCentre for Bible and Computer VU University AmsterdamA short historyPIL (1959)WIVU(1977)CALAP(1999)A short historyPIL (1959)WIVU(1977)CALAP(1999)PeshittaInstitute L
eidenWerkgroepInformaticaVrijeUniver
eidenWerkgroepInformaticaVrijeUniversiteitComputer-Assisted Linguistic Analysis of the PeshittaA short historyPIL (1959)WIVU(1977)CALAP(1999)PeshittaInstitute LeidenWerkgroepInformaticaVrijeUniversiteitComputer-Assisted Linguistic Analysis of the Peshitta
Turgama& other projectsA short histo
Turgama& other projectsA short historyPIL (1959)WIVU(1977)CALAP(1999)PeshittaInstitute LeidenWerkgroepInformaticaVrijeUniversiteitComputer-Assisted Linguistic Analysis of the PeshittaTurgama& other projectsETCBC(2012)EepTalstraCentre for Bible and Compu
terA short historyPIL (1959)WIVU(19
terA short historyPIL (1959)WIVU(1977)CALAP(1999)PeshittaInstitute LeidenWerkgroepInformaticaVrijeUniversiteitComputer-Assisted Linguistic Analysis of the PeshittaTurgama& other projectsETCBC(2012)EepTalstraCentre for Bible and ComputerDigital text compar
ison (1): Synoptic approachPrevious p
ison (1): Synoptic approachPrevious projects often followed a synoptic approach, investigating how the computer can help matchelements in parallel textsïKings and Chronicles (Heb-Heb)ïPeshittaof Kings, Sir, Pss(Heb-Syr)ïParallel versions OrMan, EpBar
(Syr-Syr)Digital text comparison (
(Syr-Syr)Digital text comparison (2):Beyond the synoptic approachWe have taken the first steps to go beyond such a synoptic approach, using uninformed methodssuch as NCD:ïJudges 4 and 5 (analogy between two chapters too weak to build a synopsis)ïDeuteronomy and
Jeremiah (uncertain whether and where a
Jeremiah (uncertain whether and where analogies can be established and on which basis)Digital text comparison (3):Pilot projectsCurrent pilots to take a further step:ïDetecting OT quotations in NT (Matthew 1-2) using statistical glossing and other uninformed methods)ï
Ephremand Bardaisan: How does Eph
Ephremand Bardaisan: How does Ephremâsrefutation of Bardaisan(prose and poetry) relate to Ephremâsother works and to BardaisanâsBook of the Laws of the Countries?Digital text comparison (4):Future plansOur future plans (but much depends on funding) include:
ïA tree parser for Syriac. Trees ge
ïA tree parser for Syriac. Trees generated by the parser can support tree comparison.ïExtending our corpus in CAL consortium with HUC and UCL.ïA project on Syriacapocalypses of the 7thcentury and their mutual relationships as well as their relationship to Daniel an
d other apocalyptic texts.Digital text
d other apocalyptic texts.Digital text comparison (5)Improved methods (A)ïThe model developed in CALAP is useful for text comparison where identification of the parallel texts is not controversial. It makes maximum use of the rich syntactic database of the ETCBC.ïHoweve
r, this model does not suffice if ident
r, this model does not suffice if identification of parallel texts is controversial or for large corpora (syntactic analysis very labour-intensive).Digital text comparison (5)Improved methods (B)ïWe aim to develop strategies that combine methods based on lexicography (vo
cabulary inventories), syntax (tree par
cabulary inventories), syntax (tree parser, tree comparison) and uninformed methods (n-gramming, NCD, Kolmogorov etc.).ïIn addition to methods that are helpful in detecting parallel text segments, the CALAP model remains valuable to scrutinize the text segments thus identi