Tag: Powell Diary
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The Benefits of Distant Reading
Distant Reading is a process where digital documents are broken down and used to make visual images and graphs of patterns of the text that are found in these documents. According to Whitley with the use of digital technology scholars have been able to “search for patterns and trace broad outlines, in a single text…
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Distant Reading and its Significance
While at first it may be difficult to grasp the concept of distant reading, as it can appear confusing or meaningless, it is a very useful tool for analyzing works of literature from a far. Distant reading can help to evaluate the trend of individual words, as seen on Ngram, or compare readings by determining…
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Transcription: Conquering Old English
The transcription process is a very tedious yet interesting procedure. With the use of transcription, people can gain access to millions of archives that they had no previous chance of having . In addition, the use of transcription allows people to easily read the writing from the original document which they may have previously not…