Computers and Old English Concordances

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Published in association with The Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto by University of Toronto Press. This volume is a record of what was said at the conference on 'Computers and Old English Concordances', arranged by the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto and held on the weekend of 21 and 22 March 1969. The sessions of the conference were recorded and transcribed from tapes; these transcriptions were then edited by the original speakers, who were asked to limit their alterations to minor changes so that the published proceedings would represent as nearly as possible what was said. Only the chairmen’s explanatory remarks have been abbreviated. We hope that, as well as being the record of an occasion, this volume will be of interest and use to all who are concerned with lexicography and the use of computers in the humanities. Although the specific subject of the conference was Old English, the proceedings do have a relevance to any application of computers to the study of language and literature. For this reason, the table of contents lists specifically all the major papers and reports and the discussion of them. Foreword v List of Participants ix Friday, 21 March 1969 What Computers can do in the Humanities. Chairman, L. K. Shook Opening Remarks / Angus Cameron 3 Computers and Literary Studies / Jess B. Bessinger, jr. 4 Computers and Literary Studies: Another View / Pierre R. Ducretet 10 Discussion 21 Saturday, 22 March 1969 Computer Concordances in Progress. Chairman, Angus Cameron A Concordance to 'Beowulf' / Jess B. Bessinger, jr. 35 Discussion 39 Concordances to the Ruthworth Matthew and the Vercelli Homilies / Richard L. Venezky 43 Discussion 46 A Concordance to 'The West Saxon Gospels' / Paul W. Pillsbury 48 Discussion 57 A Concordance to MS Hatton 20 / Walter Bak 61 Computer Processing of Old English Texts / Richard L. Venezky 65 Discussion 75 Concordances and Dictionaries. Chairman, John Leyerle Report from a Meeting in London / Bruce Mitchell 83 The Nature of Manuscript Evidence / Peter Clemoes 88 Questions of Old English Lexicography / C. J. E. Ball 89 Computers and Dictionaries / Richard W. Bailey and Jay L. Robinson 94 Remarks / Fred C. Robinson 103 Discussion 107 Afterwords 124