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Abstract / Description of output
LAEME contains:
1. A theoretical and methodological Introduction, defining the contents of LAEME, outlining our procedures and theoretical orientation, and defining the contents of the LAEME Corpus of Tagged Texts (CTT).
2. The LAEME corpus of lexico-grammatically tagged texts in searchable form in a database.
3. A searchable database (Index of Sources) containing information about the texts in the LAEME CTT.
4. A set of Tasks, with Task Keys describing their working, which allow you to search the databases.
5. A set of explanatory documents:
(a) Text Keys lists the LAEME corpus files by 1. file number; 2. filename; 3. region.
(b) Lexel Specifiers lists and explains the semantic and functional specifiers to the lexical elements of the LAEME tags.
(c) Grammel Commentary lists and explains the grammatical elements of the LAEME tags.
Linked to LAEME is a Corpus of Narrative Etymologies (CoNE), which aims to provide a narrative etymology for every form type in the LAEME CTT, along with a Corpus of Changes, which explicates the phonological, morphological and orthographic changes invoked in CoNE.
LAEME will allow you to:
1. search and retrieve linguistic data from its corpus of lexico-grammatically tagged texts
2. search and retrieve data from the Index of Sources
3. view maps showing the geographical distribution of linguistic features across space
4. make concordances
LAEME is based on the principles of medieval dialectology developed for LALME but uses a corpus-based methodology, providing an entirely new interactive and dynamic component. Complete texts (or large samples of very long texts) have been diplomatically transcribed from original manuscripts or facsimiles. Each Middle English word and each derivational and inflectional morpheme in the text is lexico-grammatically tagged. The present LAEME CTT consists of ca. 650,000 words tagged at this unprecedented level of detail, enabling investigations at all linguistic levels. Considerable editorial and textual commentary accompanies each tagged text.
From each tagged text is derived a text dictionary, which lists all the linguistic material in the tagged texts, arranged by lexico-grammatical tag. LAEME 3.2 also has 1,872 Feature Maps, for the most part directly comparable with their equivalent Dot Maps in eLALME.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
Publisher | University of Edinburgh |
Edition | 3.2 |
Media of output | Online |
Publication status | Published - 30 Sept 2013 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Early Middle English
- syntax
- Linguistic Atlas
- Dialectology
- phonology
- morphology
- lexis
- corpus
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CoNE: A Corpus of Narrative Etymologies from primitive Old English to early Middle English
Laing, M., Williamson, K., Alcorn, R. & Lass, R.
1/09/10 → 31/12/13
Project: Research
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eLALME: Revised online edition of a Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English
Laing, M., Britton, D., Williamson, K., Benskin, M. & Karaiskos, V.
1/09/07 → 31/08/10
Project: Research
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Old and Middle English spellings for OE hw-, with special reference to the ‘qu-’ type: In celebration of LAEME, (e)LALME, LAOS and CoNE
Laing, M. & Lass, R., 30 Jan 2019, Historical Dialectology in the Digital Age. Alcorn, R., Kopaczyk, J., Los, B. & Molineaux, B. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 91-112 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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A Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English (LAEME): A Guide for Beginners (version 2)
Alcorn, R., May 2017, 18 p.Research output: Other contribution
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Q is for WHAT, WHEN, WHERE? The ‘q’ spellings for OE hw-
Lass, R. & Laing, M., 8 Nov 2016, In: Folia Linguistica Historica. 37, 1, p. 61-110 50 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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First AMC Symposium hosted by The Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics
Margaret Laing (Keynote/plenary speaker)
10 Jun 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Margaret Laing (Peer reviewer)
Jan 2015 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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International Conference on English Historical Linguistics 18 (ICEHL18)
Margaret Laing (Speaker)
17 Jul 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference