Open versus closed recensions (Pasquali): Pros and cons of some methods for computer-assisted stemmatology.
By comparing the results obtained through traditional qualitative stemmatics with those obtained through computer-assisted quantitative stemmatology, when both approaches are applied to two authentic data sets (the Old English Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and a Latin epitome of Marco Polo's Devisement dou...
| Publicado en: | Digital Scholarship in the Humanities Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 652 - 670 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Oxford University Press / USA
9/1/2016
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=117805758&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 117805758 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 2055768X JEO9 jtl: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities issn: 2055768X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 9/1/2016 vid: 31 iid: 3 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 117805758 10.1093/llc/fqw014 ppf: 652 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 966KB tig: atl: Open versus closed recensions (Pasquali): Pros and cons of some methods for computer-assisted stemmatology. aug: au: Buzzoni, Marina Burgio, Eugenio Modena, Martina Simion, Samuela affil: Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy Department of Humanities, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy su: Computer assisted instruction Anglo-Saxon chronicle Quantitative research Transmission of texts Cladistic analysis Parsimonious models sug: subj: Computer assisted instruction Anglo-Saxon chronicle Quantitative research Transmission of texts Cladistic analysis Parsimonious models ab: By comparing the results obtained through traditional qualitative stemmatics with those obtained through computer-assisted quantitative stemmatology, when both approaches are applied to two authentic data sets (the Old English Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and a Latin epitome of Marco Polo's Devisement dou Monde), this study aims at bringing to the fore the advantages and the disadvantages of some recent methods for the automatic grouping of witnesses, most of which are based on phylogenetic models. The analysis will show that not all the methods provide results which can be considered reliable in light of the evidence offered by a thorough scrutiny of the documentary history of the texts under inspection. In particular, the majority of computer-assisted methods succeed in providing very good information for detecting the grouping of witnesses, as well as for a preliminary evaluation of their variant readings. Yet, few offer some valuable guidance as to define the sub-groups. This limitation becomes crucial when the existence of more than one codex interpositus has to be postulated, i.e. when the historical evidence makes it clear that the actual textual transmission cannot conform to the mathematical ideal of cladistic parsimony. The latter case is particularly evident with 'closed' recensions, where mechanical reconstruction plays a heavier role, and the choice of variants follows rigorous stemmatic steps. On the other hand, the application of computer-assisted methods to 'open' recensions seems to give better results. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: © 2019 EADH: The European Association for Digital Humanities. item: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities holder: Oxford University Press / USA dt: @attributes: year: 2016 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|