Hermeneuti.ca – The Rhetoric of Text Analysis

We all know that the Google display comes indirectly from the ConcordanceA concordance or keyword in context (KWIC) is usually represented as a list of occurrences of a word with some limited context shown (words to the left and words to the right). See also the definitions from TADA and Wikipedia., but I have found in Luhn's 1966 "Keyword-in-Context Index for Technical Literature (KwicA concordance or keyword in context (KWIC) is usually represented as a list of occurrences of a word with some limited context shown (words to the left and words to the right). See also the definitions from TADA and Wikipedia. Index)" the explicit recognition of the link and the reason for drawing on the concordanceA concordance or keyword in context (KWIC) is usually represented as a list of occurrences of a word with some limited context shown (words to the left and words to the right). See also the definitions from TADA and Wikipedia..

the significance of such single keywords could, in most instances, be determined only by referring to the statement from which the keyword had been chosen. This somewhat tedious procedure may be alleviated to a significant degree by listing selected keywords together with surrounding words that act as modifiers pointing up the more specific sense in which a keyword has been applied. This method of indexing words is well established in the process of compiling concordancesA concordance or keyword in context (KWIC) is usually represented as a list of occurrences of a word with some limited context shown (words to the left and words to the right). See also the definitions from TADA and Wikipedia. of important works of literature of the past. The added degree of information conveyed by such keyword-in-context indexes, or "KWICA concordance or keyword in context (KWIC) is usually represented as a list of occurrences of a word with some limited context shown (words to the left and words to the right). See also the definitions from TADA and Wikipedia. Indexes" for short, can readily be provided by automatic processing. (p. 161)

The problem for Luhn is that simply retrieving words doesn't give you a sense of their use. His solution is to provide some contenxt (hence "keyword-in-context") so that readers can disambiguate and make decisions. It is from the KWICA concordance or keyword in context (KWIC) is usually represented as a list of occurrences of a word with some limited context shown (words to the left and words to the right). See also the definitions from TADA and Wikipedia. that we ultimately get features of the Google display. Luhn explicitly acknowledges that this is a method well estabilished in concordancesA concordance or keyword in context (KWIC) is usually represented as a list of occurrences of a word with some limited context shown (words to the left and words to the right). See also the definitions from TADA and Wikipedia.. Did he know about concordancesA concordance or keyword in context (KWIC) is usually represented as a list of occurrences of a word with some limited context shown (words to the left and words to the right). See also the definitions from TADA and Wikipedia. because Father Busa was being supported by IBM which is where Luhn worked?

I'm working on the Rhetoric Chapter. Got images up. That and the Intro are my focus.

I updated the Manual with a new introduction.

We are getting close to a polished prospectus.

• I updated the letter
• I'm working on the Introduction to make it read more as an introduction that tells readers what they will get in the rest.
• I've looked at the Voyeur docs and have some thoughts on how to introduce

We've moved the domain to a TAPoR server at McMaster to get better performance than the shared commercial server where it was hosted before. This will also make it easier for us to host Voyeur tools at voyeur.hermeneuti.ca (though the tools aren't yet available).

We are closing in on a prospectus and sample chapters:

• We have a prospectus written
• We have a new version of the site for demonstration purposes
• We have an introduction to the Voyeur (which Geoffrey needs to read)
• We have an introduction for the work that needs more work.
• We are putting Now Analyze That up with the Voyeur tools
• Next we need a recipe and we need the Rhetoric of Text Analysis.

Getting there.

I’ve taken a new tack on the case study on Humanist, renaming the essay “The sparrow flies swiftly through”.