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Our corpus
Parts of speech Our corpus consists of 681 non-English and 3405 English words, meaning 4086 words in total. Here are some of the distributions as they were classified by the machine: Part of speech Total amount of part of speech … Weiterlesen
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Interpretation and Analysis (with reference to example sentences from Owuor’s novel Dust)
In class, we developed the hypothesis that the inclusion of nouns from a foreign language into a post-monolingual text might in general be more likely than the inclusion of other parts of speech. Our reasoning was that we deem their … Weiterlesen
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Multi-Lingual Annotations in Python with „A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers“
This was not my first time working with Python to figure out the tokens of sentences via computational means. However, my last time working with Python (in a linguistics BA seminar with Prof. Kevin Tang) has been some time back, … Weiterlesen
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Annotating multilingual sentences in „America Is Not The Heart“ by Elaine Castillo
Working with Google Collab to do the sentence annotations wasn’t so scary to me because I was already familiar with some coding/programming and linguistics from my bachelor. However, I haven’t worked with both in combination like this before, so that … Weiterlesen
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My experience with annotating multilingual sentences with Google Collab
My first experience with Google Colab was surprisingly positive. While the idea of working with a programming software seemed overwhelming at first, when we actually got to try using it during the seminar, it seemed quite intuitive and easy to … Weiterlesen
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Annotating Multilingual Sentences in Yara Rodrigues Fowler’s „Stubborn Archivist“ – Experience & Observations
Initially, I was intrigued but also a bit worried about working on this project with Python, as previous linguistic research during my bachelor’s taught me that working with programming software can be a bit error-prone and frustrating at times. However, … Weiterlesen
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Conversion and Annotation of Susan Abulhawa’s „The Blue Between Sky and Water“, or A Demonstration of Software Failure through Anglocentrism?
Introduction Having focused on reading literature through a postcolonial studies lens as well as on Eurocentric bias in the field of linguistics throughout my studies, the attempt of using conversion and annotation tools on a postcolonial post-monolingual Anglophone novel seemed … Weiterlesen
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Converting and Annotating Multilingual Sentences & Quotes – My Experience
Initially, I was very unsure about this task, because as someone who has focused on literature during their studies (for good reason), I am neither that good at linguistics, nor at programming or coding. While it seemed an intriguing task, … Weiterlesen
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Annotating Multilingual Sentences in „Hold“ by Michael Donkor: Twi and English
In his novel „Hold“, which was first published in 2018, Micheal Donkor continually weaves Twi words into English sentences, thus constructing a multilingual narrative. When he uses words in Twi, the author highlights them and sets them apart by italicizing … Weiterlesen
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Technical Difficulties and First Results of Annotating Multilingual Sentences in „The Moor’s Account“
First of all, I have been finding this work very interesting, getting a new perspective on literature. However, I encountered some technical difficulties while having Google Collab analyse my sentences. After three sentences, it told me I had reached my … Weiterlesen
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