SCIENZE UMANISTICHETextual studies for digital professionsAcademic Year 2022/2023

9793853 - BANCHE DATI E TRATTAMENTO DIGITALE DEI TESTI

Teacher: SALVATORE ARCIDIACONO

Expected Learning Outcomes

According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course,

will demonstrate:


1) Knowledge and understanding

Students will acquire the general methods for collecting linguistic data and on the related types of coding, processing, and analysis. During the lessons, the main types of traditional editions will be summarized, which will be further developed in the in-depth study of digital editions. Specialized knowledge of electronic dictionaries and on-line lexical databases will also be provided.

 

2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

Students must be able to design digital objects, portals and collections of online content and, in the simplest cases, to develop the platforms using the most popular web technologies.

 

3) Autonomy of judgment

Students must be able to know, distinguish and evaluate the main types of digital resources for the humanities, recognizing their aims and technical features.

 

4) Communication skills

Students will have to acquire a specialized and rigorous language to describe and design the digital solutions covered by the course and to interact adequately with other highly skilled professionals.

 

5) Learning skills

Students, starting from the indications of the course, must be able to continue to develop and update the knowledge acquired in the dynamic and ever-changing context of the web.

Course Structure

Lectures, workshops

Detailed Course Content

A Web applications and on-line resources (2 ECTS).

B Electronic text and digital editions (2 ECTS).

C Electronic lexicography (2 ECTS).

Textbook Information

A

A.A. V.V., A che servono i Databases? Esperienze di informatica per la filologia romanza, in «Le Forme e la storia», 2013, pp. 199-273 (disponibile su Studium: http://studium.unict.it).

 

Marco Lazzari, Informatica Umanistica, Milano, McGraw-Hill, pp. 111-146.

 

B

Alessandro Lenci, Simonetta Montemagni, Vito Pirrelli, Testo e computer. Elementi di linguistica computazionale, Roma, Carocci, 2005, pp. 11-98.

 

Tito Orlandi, Informatica testuale. Teoria e prassi, Roma-Bari, 2010, pp. 1-172.

 

Tiziana Mancinelli, Elena Pierazzo, Che cos’è un’edizione scientifica digitale, Roma, Carocci, 2020. pp. 1-108.

 

C

Sylviane Granger, Magali Paquot, Electronic Lexicography, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 1-119, 319-425.


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