Decoding Byzantine book epigrams : an exploration of machine-assisted extraction of formulaic material
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- Kyriaki Giannikou (UGent) , Colin Swaelens (UGent) , Ilse De Vos, Els Lefever (UGent) and Klaas Bentein (UGent)
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- This paper proposes a machine-assisted methodology for identifying and extracting formulaic sequences from a subset of the Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams (DBBE). The methodology involves conceptualising formulaicity within the DBBE corpus, pre-processing and extracting n-grams from textual data, followed by refinement before delving into the interpretation of the results. Through systematic application of this methodology, some initial insights into the characteristics of formulaic language within the Byzantine book epigram tradition are gained. Representative findings illustrate the nature of recurring patterns, cases of creative elaboration, and their content. This initial exploration aims to facilitate a deeper understanding of the concept of formulaicity in Byzantine book epigrams; while computational analysis provides a quantitative perspective, linguistic and philological research is necessary for a more nuanced understanding. Future research directions include refining the methodology and expanding the scope of analysis beyond the current subset of the DBBE. Overall, this study lays the groundwork for further research on this rich book epigram tradition.
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- Linguistics, Byzantine Book Epigrams, Formulaicity
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01J156FJ2DNG2K0XX6NT2CRR54
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- Giannikou, Kyriaki, et al. “Decoding Byzantine Book Epigrams : An Exploration of Machine-Assisted Extraction of Formulaic Material.” Proceedings of the First Workshop on Data-Driven Approaches to Ancient Languages (DAAL 2024), edited by Colin Swaelens et al., Language & Translation Technology Team (LT3), 2024, pp. 22–32.
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- Giannikou, K., Swaelens, C., De Vos, I., Lefever, E., & Bentein, K. (2024). Decoding Byzantine book epigrams : an exploration of machine-assisted extraction of formulaic material. In C. Swaelens, M. Deforche, I. De Vos, & E. Lefever (Eds.), Proceedings of the first workshop on Data-driven Approaches to Ancient Languages (DAAL 2024) (pp. 22–32). Ghent: Language & Translation Technology Team (LT3).
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- Giannikou, Kyriaki, Colin Swaelens, Ilse De Vos, Els Lefever, and Klaas Bentein. 2024. “Decoding Byzantine Book Epigrams : An Exploration of Machine-Assisted Extraction of Formulaic Material.” In Proceedings of the First Workshop on Data-Driven Approaches to Ancient Languages (DAAL 2024), edited by Colin Swaelens, Maxime Deforche, Ilse De Vos, and Els Lefever, 22–32. Ghent: Language & Translation Technology Team (LT3).
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- Giannikou, Kyriaki, Colin Swaelens, Ilse De Vos, Els Lefever, and Klaas Bentein. 2024. “Decoding Byzantine Book Epigrams : An Exploration of Machine-Assisted Extraction of Formulaic Material.” In Proceedings of the First Workshop on Data-Driven Approaches to Ancient Languages (DAAL 2024), ed by. Colin Swaelens, Maxime Deforche, Ilse De Vos, and Els Lefever, 22–32. Ghent: Language & Translation Technology Team (LT3).
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- 1.Giannikou K, Swaelens C, De Vos I, Lefever E, Bentein K. Decoding Byzantine book epigrams : an exploration of machine-assisted extraction of formulaic material. In: Swaelens C, Deforche M, De Vos I, Lefever E, editors. Proceedings of the first workshop on Data-driven Approaches to Ancient Languages (DAAL 2024). Ghent: Language & Translation Technology Team (LT3); 2024. p. 22–32.
- IEEE
- [1]K. Giannikou, C. Swaelens, I. De Vos, E. Lefever, and K. Bentein, “Decoding Byzantine book epigrams : an exploration of machine-assisted extraction of formulaic material,” in Proceedings of the first workshop on Data-driven Approaches to Ancient Languages (DAAL 2024), Ghent, Belgium, 2024, pp. 22–32.
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