Date Approved
2007
Degree Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department or School
English Language and Literature
Committee Member
Anthony Aristar
Committee Member
Helen Aristar-Dry
Abstract
The electronic age has increased the range of human capabilities to such an extent that the expectations about appropriate empirical linguistic analysis are changing. A hundred years ago, linguistics was largely an empirical manual process that produced information intended for humans. Today, the world is different as inexpensive computing power and the prevalence of information in electronic format encourages that, whenever possible, information be processed by automated and scalable means and the results be usable and understandable by computers. Creating sustainable and usable observations is best achieved through a standards-based approach that meets long term persistence and usability goals. This thesis presents a scalable architecture for creating linguistic observations in the form of string frequencies measurements and instantiates those measurements in a machine-readable standards-based format called Resource Descriptive Framework (RDF).
Recommended Citation
Reck, Ronald P., "Generating and presenting string frequency measurements of Project Gutenberg texts" (2007). Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. 1.
https://commons.emich.edu/theses/1