Utterance frequency was argued to be a determinant of the semantic change of words. While it is known that frequency does promote formal erosion, frequency was shown to be negatively correlated with rates of lexical replacement (Pagel et al. 2007, …
Fifteen years of tracking down, researching and advocating for the world's minority scripts have shown me not only the astonishing variety and number of written forms in use (perhaps as many as 300), but that our standard definition and understanding …
Our “archive fever” has given rise to the creation of digitised archives of non-public records, including prison and medical case files. In the United Kingdom, the Wellcome Collection has digitised the medical case files for several …
The talk will discuss a research project proposal aiming to create and evaluate the model of Universal Discourse: a unified, multilingual, corpus-based representation of text as a whole, going beyond the meaning of individual sentences to the level …
Over the years, it has been evident that language learners in South African schools struggle with reading at appropriate levels of comprehension and fluency. Despite numerous interventions to improve learners’ reading levels, the texts used in …
Don't miss out on a presentation on isiBheqe scripts, their typology & the speakers' experiences with the isiBheqe soHlamvu writing system.
Mark your calendars and make sure to secure your spot for the SADilaR DH Colloquium. Stay tuned for further …
Globally, multilingualism is the norm rather than the exception, and there is startling diversity in the linguistic and contextual factors that shape it. For several decades now, scholars have voiced concerns about sampling biases in multilingualism …
This talk will broadly discuss the speaker's experience around data access in the healthcare sector and the importance of collaboration, digitisation and digitalisation in the efforts to improve health outcomes. The discussion will centre around an …
This session offers an in-depth exploration of the transformation of Heinrich Bullinger's vast 12,000-letter corpus into a dynamic, fully digital, and multilingual format. We'll delve into the sophisticated digital workflows that navigate challenges …
Join us as we look at Network Science & the DH: Applications, opportunities & challenges for interdisciplinary research in the SA context.
Network science has opened up new avenues of research since its inception more than two decades ago, and also …