Sunday, 2 March 2014
Work | An eyewitness account of the first battle of the American Civil War
A few weeks ago I wrote about how I look for words with phonetic representation in historical letters from Irish emigrants. Usually, I don't pay much attention to what the letters are actually about, because that would slow me down too much. But sometimes I get carried away by the simple fact that I am reading a personal account of someone who lived many, many years ago. An account, even, that was never meant for anyone else than the addressee on the envelope.
Sunday, 16 February 2014
Work | An example of what I am looking for in my project
I have just finished working through some 5-6,000 historical letters to/from Irish emigrants. It took me a good few months and it feels great being done. Now remains analysing the results. And writing. I need to continue writing. I know. And I am. In the meantime, I thought I'd share with you some examples of what a letter might look like and what kind of features I'm after.
Letter example
The letters in the Corpus of Irish English Correspondence (CORIECOR) have all been digitised and appear for instance like this:
Letter example
The letters in the Corpus of Irish English Correspondence (CORIECOR) have all been digitised and appear for instance like this:
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