Exploring narrative fiction: corpora and digital humanities projects

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title> Exploring narrative fiction: corpora and digital humanities projects - FAU CRIS </title> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/svg" href="/static/img/cris-logo-onblue.svg"/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/_global.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/_layout.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/slider.css"> </head> <body> <div id="header"> <div class="content"> <a href="/"><img id="fau-logo" src="/static/img/FAU_Kernmarke.svg" alt="FAU-Logo"> </a> <div class="links"> <a href="https://fau.de" class="secondary">FAU.de</a> <a class="secondary" href='#' onclick="document.getElementById('language_form').submit()">Deutsch</a> <form action="/i18n/setlang/" method="post" id="language_form"><input type="hidden" name="csrfmiddlewaretoken" value="KzfsJgmhw03MMWw5PAlw2obTcDT3ecLkp3buKAxO5z08iDSK29WrPHM8EtaPY7hT"> <input name="next" type="hidden" value=""> <input name="language" type="hidden" value="de">  </form> <a href="https://cris.fau.de/converis/mypages/overview" class="primary">Login</a> </div> <div class="mobile"> <a class="primary" onclick="document.body.classList.toggle('navopen')"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512"><path d="M0 96C0 78.3 14.3 64 32 64H416c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32s-14.3 32-32 32H32C14.3 128 0 113.7 0 96zM0 256c0-17.7 14.3-32 32-32H416c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32s-14.3 32-32 32H32c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32zM448 416c0 17.7-14.3 32-32 32H32c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32H416c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32z" fill="currentColor"/></svg> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div id="app"> <div id="sidebar"> <a href="/" active="">Home</a> <div class="empty"></div> <a href="/publications/" active="true">Publications</a> <a href="/projects/" active="false">Research Grants</a> <a href="/inventions/" active="false">Inventions & Patents</a> <a href="/awards/?academy_member=on&scholarship=on&other_award=on" active="false">Awards</a> <a href="/activities/">Additional Research Activities</a> <div class="empty"></div> <a href="/organisations/" active="false">Faculties & Institutions</a> <a href="/research_areas/" active="false">Research Areas</a> </div> <div id="content"> <h1>Exploring narrative fiction: corpora and digital humanities projects</h1> <p>Mahlberg M, Wiegand V (2022)</p> <hr> <p><strong>Publication Type:</strong> Book chapter / Article in edited volumes</p> <p><strong>Publication year:</strong> 2022</p> <p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Taylor and Francis</p> <p><strong>Edited Volumes:</strong> The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics</p> <p><strong>Pages Range:</strong> 532-546</p> <p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780367076399</p> <p><strong>DOI:</strong> <a href="https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367076399-37">10.4324/9780367076399-37</a></p> <h3>Abstract</h3> <p>The corpus linguistic study of narrative fiction is not a simple application of existing corpus methods to just another set of texts. It requires consideration of the properties of the texts under analysis, as well as the nature of the questions that can be addressed. The focus of this chapter is on novels as a specific type of narrative fiction. The chapter is particularly concerned with how corpus methods can be used to study novels as fiction, i.e. with an emphasis on the fictional worlds in the texts rather than exclusively on the linguistic features that define a register compared to other registers. The chapter outlines a variety of approaches to fiction by relating corpora to other digital resources and considers how to narrow down a starting point for a corpus linguistic study. To understand what corpus linguistics can do for the study of novels, the chapter reflects on what is special about narrative fiction and discusses patterns and functions of the verb form looking as an example of body language descriptions of fictional characters. The chapter concludes by considering directions for the future of corpus research and its relationship to the wider digital humanities.</p> <h3>Authors with CRIS profile</h3> <div class="entity-map"> <a class="entity" href="/persons/230801283/"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512"><path d="M224 256c70.7 0 128-57.3 128-128S294.7 0 224 0S96 57.3 96 128s57.3 128 128 128zm-45.7 48C79.8 304 0 383.8 0 482.3C0 498.7 13.3 512 29.7 512H418.3c16.4 0 29.7-13.3 29.7-29.7C448 383.8 368.2 304 269.7 304H178.3z"/></svg> <span>Agnes Michaela Mahlberg</span> </a> <br> </div> <h3>Involved external institutions</h3> <div class="entity-stack"> <a class="entity" href="/organisations/ext/137325722/"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 576 512"><path d="M543.8 287.6c17 0 32-14 32-32.1c1-9-3-17-11-24L512 185V64c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32H448c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32v36.7L309.5 7c-6-5-14-7-21-7s-15 1-22 8L10 231.5c-7 7-10 15-10 24c0 18 14 32.1 32 32.1h32V448c0 35.3 28.7 64 64 64H448.5c35.5 0 64.2-28.8 64-64.3l-.7-160.2h32zM288 288c-35.3 0-64-28.7-64-64s28.7-64 64-64s64 28.7 64 64s-28.7 64-64 64zM176 400c0-44.2 35.8-80 80-80h64c44.2 0 80 35.8 80 80c0 8.8-7.2 16-16 16H192c-8.8 0-16-7.2-16-16z"/></svg> <span> University of Birmingham </span> <span class="details"> <img class="flag" src=/static/img/flags/gb.svg width="28" alt="GB" > United Kingdom (GB)</span> </a> </div> <h3>How to cite</h3> <p><strong>APA:</strong></p> <p>Mahlberg, M., & Wiegand, V. (2022). Exploring narrative fiction: corpora and digital humanities projects. In <i>The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics.</i> (pp. 532-546). Taylor and Francis.</p> <p><strong>MLA:</strong></p> <p>Mahlberg, Michaela, and Viola Wiegand. "Exploring narrative fiction: corpora and digital humanities projects." <i>The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics.</i> Taylor and Francis, 2022. 532-546.</p> <p><strong>BibTeX:</strong> <a href='https://cris.fau.de/bibtex/publication/320227027.bib'>Download</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="content"> <address> <p>Friedrich-Alexander-Universit盲t</p> <p>Erlangen-N眉rnberg</p> <p>Schlo脽platz 4</p> <p>91054 Erlangen</p> </address> <div> <p>Friedrich-Alexander-Universit盲t Erlangen-N眉rnberg</p> <p>Current Research Information System | CRIS</p> <p><a href="mailto:cris-support@fau.de">Mail: cris-support@fau.de</a></p> </div> <div> <p><a href="https://blogs.fau.de/cris/impressum-datenschutz-und-barrierefreiheit/">Impressum / Datenschutz / Barrierefreiheit</a></p> <p><a href="https://blogs.fau.de/cris/">CRIS-Blog</a></p> <p><a href="https://cris.fau.de/docs/">CRIS-Handbuch</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </body> <script src="/static/js/filter.js"></script> <script src="/static/js/tabs.js"></script> </html>

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