Méthodes automatiques de datation d'un texte

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  1. 1. Michel Bernard

    Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3

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Il est classique, en philologie, de dater un texte en
utilisant comme « terminus post quem » la date
d’attestation de certaines de ses formes. L’utilisation de grandes bases de données comme Frantext permet
d’envisager l’automatisation de cette opération, et par conséquent son application à toutes les formes d’un texte, ce qui augmente la précision de la datation. Un certain nombre de précautions (choix du corpus de
référence, prise en compte des variations graphiques,...)
doivent être prises pour mener à bien cette opération, qui peut être améliorée par la prise en compte, au-delà de
la seule date de première attestation, de la fréquence d’utilisation, tout au long de l’histoire de la langue, des formes du texte à dater. _La datation du vocabulaire d’un texte permet également d’apprécier le degré d’archaïsme
et de néologie mis en oeuvre par l’auteur, ce qui a des
applications en stylistique et en histoire des genres. _On envisagera aussi l’utilisation de dictionnaires d’attestations pour effectuer ces opérations de datation, dictionnaires
existants ou à constituer dans ce but. _Les exemples
porteront aussi bien, pour validation, sur des textes dont la date est connue de l’histoire littéraire que de textes dont la datation fait aujourd’hui l’objet de controverses.
It is traditional, in philology, to date a text by using as a “terminus post quem” the date of first attestation
of certain words. The use of a great data base as Frantext
makes it possible to envisage the automation of this
operation, and consequently its application to all the words of a text, which would increase the precision
of the dating. A certain number of precautions (choice
of the reference corpus, recognition of the graphic
variations...) must be taken to perform this operation, which can be improved by the taking into account, beyond the only date of first attestation, of the frequency of use, throughout the history of the language, of the words of the text to be dated. The dating of the vocabulary of a text also makes it possible to appreciate the degree
of archaism and neology implemented by the author, which has applications in stylistics and history of the genres. One will consider also the use of dictionaries
of attestations to carry out these operations of dating, dictionaries existing or to be constituted to this end. The examples will relate as well, for validation, to texts
whose date is known in literary history and to texts
whose dating is the subject of controversies.

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ACH/ALLC / ACH/ICCH / ADHO / ALLC/EADH - 2006

Hosted at Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV (Paris-Sorbonne University)

Paris, France

July 5, 2006 - July 9, 2006

151 works by 245 authors indexed

The effort to establish ADHO began in Tuebingen, at the ALLC/ACH conference in 2002: a Steering Committee was appointed at the ALLC/ACH meeting in 2004, in Gothenburg, Sweden. At the 2005 meeting in Victoria, the executive committees of the ACH and ALLC approved the governance and conference protocols and nominated their first representatives to the ‘official’ ADHO Steering Committee and various ADHO standing committees. The 2006 conference was the first Digital Humanities conference.

Conference website: http://www.allc-ach2006.colloques.paris-sorbonne.fr/

Series: ACH/ICCH (26), ACH/ALLC (18), ALLC/EADH (33), ADHO (1)

Organizers: ACH, ADHO, ALLC

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