Encoding medieval abbreviations for computer analysis (from Latin-Portuguese and Portuguese non-literary sources)

This paper proposes a solution to the problem of handling scribal abbreviations in TEI-conformant transcriptions of medieval texts, following a conservative editorial strategy. A key distinction is drawn between alphabetic abbreviations, which represent sequences of letters, and logographic abbrevia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Parkinson, S, Emiliano, A
Other Authors: The Association for Literary & Linguistic Computing
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2002
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