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New Tools for Jewish Linguistics
Publication Date: January 2008
Publisher(s): Association for Jewish Studies; Association for Jewish Studies
Author(s): Heidi Lerner; Heidi Lerner
Series: AJS Perspectives: The Newsletter of the Association for Jewish Studies, Fall 2008, pp.36-39.
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Religion and religious groups)
Culture and religion (Language and languages)
Education (Information services and sources)
Keywords: Internet; Language; Judaic Studies; Higher Education
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States United States
Abstract:
The author reviews tools available online for specialized Jewish linguistic study. These include annotated corpora (bodies of computer-readable texts or extracts of written or spoken text, with annotations describing linguistic aspects such as morphology,syntax, tone, etc.), unannotated corpora (see above, without annotations), online dictionaries, audio and sound collections, and other relevant tools and sources.