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175-013 Computing for Text-Based Studies | |
Note | Formerly available as 175-204/304. Students who have completed 175-204/304 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Prof.Peter Austin |
Prerequisites | Completion of 175-105 (174-004) Introduction to Language, or 175-106 (175-005) English: Its Structure and History, or departmental approval. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in the first or the middle week |
Subject Description | An introduction to the basic concepts and tools for analysis of texts in literature and language studies. Students will learn to manipulate texts as data for their research, and become familiar with computing applications such as concordancing, electronic dictionaries, and marked-up texts. The emphasis is on practical training, and learning how to use available software tools for text analysis. Topics include Electronic texts and corpora, String handling and lexical analysis, Concordances, Textual Analysis, Text formatting and encoding. |
Assessment | Two assignment problems of 1000 words each, and a class presentation of 1000 words, and an essay of 1000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A package of readings and software documentation prepared by the department. |
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