DIRECTORY OF SCHOLARS ACTIVE This listing piovides only information available since November 1967. For earlier entries, consult CHum, I, 178-241, and II, 71-93. Entries appearing for the first time are marked with an asterisk. New contributors are requested to write for printed forms.

General *GIS. Manual for the Use of Humanities Researchers Covering the Language-data Processing Techniques Developed at Monash University on the Control Data 3200 Computer System Chief investigators: Georgette M. T. Silva, S. T. F., Dept. of Linguistics, and Cliff J. Bellamy, Director, Computer Center, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 3168. Scope: A reference manual for the humanist, containing information required to produce word frequency counts, word indexes, concordances, etc. Method: The manual will consist of an introductory chapter surveying the present state of computer application to the solution of humanistic problems followed by several others dealing with methodology. The latter will include detailed descriptions of procedures, flow charts, program listings, deck structures and user's instructions. Type o[ computer: CDC 3200. Size o[ storage: 32K. Language and level: FORa~AN. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 4 tapes (IBM style), two 4 x 106 character disks (cDc). Special equipment: 30" Incremental plotter. Is program available? Yes. References: G. M. T. Silva, Concordance Generation on the c~z 320 Computer (Unpub. thesis, Monash University, 1966--expanded and revised version of concordance generating procedures for the Cl~ 3200 in form of User's Manual available from Monash University Computing Center). *G16,

Computer

Assisted

Interrogation

Chief investigator: Charles T. Meadow, Senior Programmer, Advanced Development Dept., IBM Federal Systems Division, 18100 Frederick Pike, Gaithersburg, Md. 20760. Associates: D. W. Waugh, F. E. Miller. Scope: Develop a language for use in man-machine communication including computer-assisted instruction, documentation, and generation of instruction courses. Method: A programming language based on PL/I has been developed which can be used for interrogating a responder to collect from him information not previously available to the computer. It can also be used for writing instructional courses and for assisting authors in the preparation and documentation of their courses. Type o[ computer: mz~ 360/40 or 50. Size o[ storage: 256K. Language and level: PL/I. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: Varies. Special equipment: mM 2260 display terminal. References: "Computer Assisted Interrogation," AFIPS Fall Joint Computer Conference Proceedings (Spartan Books, Washington, 1966). 223

*G17.

D e v e l o p m e n t of O n - L i n e T e x t H a n d l i n g L a n g u a g e s Chief investigator: Calvin N. Mooers, Dir. Res. and Pres., Rockford Research Institute Inc., 140 1/2 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02138. Scope: To continue the development of the TaACTM family of machine-independent languages and to issue standards for such languages. To revise standards for the a~AC "T-64" language. Method: Logical analysis, followed by experimentation on a computer. Type of computer: Not important, since the languages are machine independent. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: Univac Fastrand. Is program available? TaACT M T-64 standard language will be available from on-line service bureaus. References: "TRAC, A Procedure-Describing Language for the Reactive Typewriter," Communications of the ACM, IX (March 1966), 215-219. *G18. D e v e l o p m e n t of S y n t a x D r i v e n Systems f o r M u s i c a n d T e x t Analysis, Q u e s t i o n A n s w e r i n g

Chief investigator: Eors N. Ferentzy, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Can. Associates: T. R. Gabura, G. T. Gottshalks. Scope: The first phase (a running syntax driven system) is completed, additions planned during coming two years. Method: The Domolki method of syntax directed compilation is used; the Robinson resolution principle is added for question answering via automatic theorem proving. Type of computer: IB~ 360/50. Size of storage: 120K bytes. Language and level: os/360, PL/I. No and type of tapes and/or disks: 7 8:9 track, 2314 disk. Is program available? Will be when completed. References: " A Syntax Directed Processor Writing System" (submitted for I~IP Congress, 1968).

*G19.

D Y S T A L II: A G e n e r a l P u r p o s e P r o g r a m m i n g L a n g u a g e

in FORTRAN

with Relocatable Arrays Chief investigator: James M. Sakoda, Professbr, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912. Scope: Subroutines cover dynamic storage allocation, relocatable arrays, virtual memory, list-processing, string manipulation and pattern matching, sorting and ranking, statistical and matrix operations. Method: Basic FORaXANIV subroutines and a disk file for secondary storage. Type of computer: IB~ 1130. Size of storage: 8000~. Language and level: FORTe,AN IV. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 2 magnetic tape units and one disk drive. Is p~ogram available? Yes.

Language and Literature L3.

Thomas Mann Index Chief investigator: Herbert H. Lehnert, Professor, Dept. of Germanics, Rice University, Houston, Tex. 77001. Associates: Frederick Ruecking, Robert G. Porter. Scope: First section Thomas Mann information 1889-1914. Method: 1. Ex224

cerpt documents. 2. Transfer to special worksheets for keypuncher with "tags," a coded system for retrieval. 3. Keypunch. 4. Sort. 5. Information of specific nature will be given on demand. Type of computer: mM 7040. Size of storage: 32~. Language and level: COnOL. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 4-729 V tapes and 1-1302 disk storage, ls program available? Not at present. References: CHum, I (1967), 65-71.

L5.

Analysis of Homeric Greek

Chief investigator: Robert R. Dyer, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Classics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. 47401. Associates: This project is now coordinated with those of an informal group known as " T h e Friends of Homer and the Computer," numbering about 12. Type of computer: c~. Size of storage: 64K. Language and level: SXOnOL. No. and type o[ tapes and/or disks: 2 large mM 800-BPI tapes. References: "Towards Computational Procedures in Ilomeric Scholarship," Revue 1967, No. 4, pp. 1-54.

L16.

Authorship Attribution in the

Encyclop~die

Chief investigator: Richard L. Frautschi, Professor, Dept. of Romance Languages, University of North Carolina, Dey Hall, Chapel lIill, N.C. 27514. Reference: "A project for Author Discrimination in the Encyclop6die,'" South Atlantic Bulletin, XXXII, 4 (1967), 14-17.

L17.

A Thematic History of Canadian Poetry

Chief investigator: Mrs. Sandra A. Djwa, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of British Columbia, 2933 Blenheim Street, Vancouver 8, B.C., Can. Associates: John H. Couhhart, D. G. Stephens. Scope: Keypunching complete works of major Canadian poets from 1830 to 1967. Method: 1. Keypunch works of selected poets. 2. Transfer to tapes. 3. Establish general concordance. 4. Edit l)y thematic categories. 5. Printout of selected index. Type of comlruter: IB.~ 7044. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: l.oara..~.~, w, machine language. No. and type of tapes and[or disks: 4/ 729V tape. ls program available? In process.

L33. PRORA: Applications to Spanish American "Modernista" Verse Chief investigator: Robert Jay Glickman, Assoc. Professor, Italian and Hispanic Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto 5, Can. Scope: I. Juli,'in del Casal: Hojas al viento, Nieve, and Rimas. 2. Rubdn l)arlo: Azul and Prosas p~'ofanas. (Darlo's other books of poetry will be keypunched in 1967-68.) 3. Josd Santos Chocano: Fiat lux and Alma Amdrica. ,t. GuiIIermo Valencia: Ritos. Method: 1. Prepare a critical edition of the text. 2. Keypunch the text..% Print the text in upper and lower case using the PRORA system. 4. Post-edit the text using analytical programs in the VRORA series. 5. Compile and print a master index, a frequency index, a first-word-in-line index, an index of proper nouns, an index of foreign words, five types of rhyme index, and statistical data on diverse features of the text.

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Type of computer: IBM 7094 II, Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: rORTaAN IV + MAt', No. and type of tapes: 7 IBM 729 tape drives,

IBZ~ 1401. 16K. SPS.

2 IBM 729 tape drives.

Is program available? Write-ups of all programs available. References: Robert Jay Glickman, "An Integrated Series of Computer Programs for Literary Analysis" (December 1965). 20 pp. (available from the author); Robert Jay Gliekman and Gerrit Joseph Staalman, Manual for the Printing of Literary Texts and Concordances by Computer (University of Toronto Press, 1966) ; Robert Jay Glickman, "Printing, Analyzing, and Indexing Literary Texts by Computer," Quarterly Bulletin (Computer Society of Canada), VII (Summer 1967), 20-21.

L35.

Shakespeare Concordance

Chief investigator: Marvin Spevack, Professor of English, Englisches Seminar, Universit~it Miinster, Johannisstrasse 12-17, 44 Miinster, Germany. References: Volume I, Drama and Character Concordances to the Folio Comedies, 1333 pp., in print. Volume II, Drama and Character Concordances to the Folio Histories and the Poems, 1388 pp., to appear May 1968. Volume III, Drama and Character Concordances to the Folio Tragedies, to appear autumn 1968. Volumes IV-VI, A Concordance to the Complete Works, to appear by Spring 1969. Published by Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 32 Hildesheim, Germany.

L53.

Research in Chinese Lexicography

Chief investigator: Winfred P. Lehmann, Professor and Director, Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, 311 East 14th Street, Austin, Tex. 78701. Type of computer: cl)c 1700/cI)c 6600. Size of storage: 16K/t31K. Language and level: FORaXAN,Assembly language. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 1 disk, 3 tapes/4disks, 6 tapes. Special equipment: Cathode ray tube conversational mode station. Is program available? Yes.

L54. Research in Russian-English Machine Translation on Syntactic Level Chief investigator: Winfred P. Lehmann, Professor and Director, Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, 311 East 14th Street, Austin, Tex. 78701. Type of computer: ca)c 1700/CDC 6600. Size of storage: 16K/131K. Language and level: rORTaAN, Assembly language. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 1 disk, $ tapes/4 disks, 6 tapes. Special equipment: Cathode ray tube conversational mode station. Is program available? Yes.

L55.

Research in Syntactic Translations

Chief investigator: Winfred P. Lehmann, Professor and Director, Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, 311 East 14th Street, Austin, Tex. 78701. Type of computer: CDC 1700/CDC 6600. Size of storage: 16K/131K. Language and level: rORaXAN,Assembly language. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 1 disk, 3 tapes/4 disks, 6 tapes. Special equipment: Cathode ray tube conversational mode station. Is program available? Yes.

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L56.

La Syntaxe des cas dans le fran~ais du douzibme sibcle.

Chief investigator: Brian Woledge, Fielden Professor of French, University College London, Gower Street, London W.C.1, England. Associates: Isobel MacDougall, Patricia Grout, Helen Erk. Scope: At present, two long twelfth century texts. Method: I. Code text into grammatical categories. 2. Keypunch. 3. Transfer to magnetic tape. 4. Sort, count and give context of various categories. Type of computer: IBM 360/65. Size of storage: 256K. Language and level: PL/i F level. No. of tapes: 2. References: "'La d~clinaison des substantifs dans 'La Chanson de Roland' recherches m~canographiques," Romania LXXXVIII (1967), 147-174.

L59. Development of a Program to Phonemicize English Text Phonemically Language and level: All programming is being rewritten in rL/I. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: Disk drives no longer used. Current stage of project: The segmentation and transcription of graphic suffixes was carried out originally on the IBM 7070. The segmentation program has been rewritten in PL/I and is being revised and tested. Future plans: To segment graphic prefixes, if tests support such a stage, and proceed to the transcription of affixes and stems.

L64.

A Concordance to the Works of Hartmann yon Aue

Chief investigator: Roy A. Boggs, Instructor, Dept. of German, Pennsylvania State University, 105 Burrowes, University Park, Pa. 16802. Associate: Stanley N. Werbow. Scope: A complete COnCordance to the works of the medieval German poet Hartmann yon Aue. Also reverse concordance, matrix, and glossary. Method: 1. Transliteration of vowel symbols not available on standard keypunch. 2. Keypunch. 3. Transfer to tapes. 4. Processing. 5. Output transferred to tapes. 6. Printout. Type of computer: c~c 6600. Is program available? Yes, from Linguistic Research Center, Univ. of Texas, Austin. Pilot project previously listed is complete and available on special request.

L70.

Word Frequency in the Modern German Shorter Narrative

Chief investigator: Jon E. Zimmermann, Assist. Professor, Dept, of Foreign Languages and Literatures, California State College, Fullerton, Calif. 92631.

Associate: Arno Preller. Scope: Random sampling and counting from all published anthologies of German short stories and shorter narratives since WW IL Method: 1. Random sampling of words. 2. Segmenting to show words in their proper context. 3. Keypunch. 4. Computer count. 5. Computer output on tapes. 6. Semantic analysis of frequency list. Type of computer: iBz~ 7090. Language and level: FORTRAN II. IS program available? Yes, from University of Colorado Computing Center, Boulder, Colo.

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Linguistic and Cultural Affiliation of Place-names in Bengal and Southern Bihar

L80.

chief investigator: Barrie M. Morrison, Assist. Professor, Dept. of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 8, Can. Associate: Essop Mia. Scope: One-half sample of all names in the region, taken from detailed ( 1 " - - 4 miles and 1 " - - 1 6 miles) maps. Method: 1. Transliterate originals. 2. Edit for various categories. 3. Keypunch. 4. Transfer to tapes. 5. Sort by categories chosen in editing. 6. Print in tabular form. Type of computer: IBM 7044. Size and storage: 32K. Language and level: rORa~AN IV. No. and type of tapes: One 729 rood 5 tape. Is program available? Yes.

L81.

A Concordance of Lessing's Dramas

Chief investigator: Edward Dvoretzky, Professor, Department of German, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52240. L87.

Lexicographical

and Stylistic Analysis of Middle High

German Texts Chief investigator: Roy A. Wisbey, Director, Literary and Linguistic Computing Centre, University of Cambridge, Raised Faculty Building, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, England. Associates: M. F. Bott, J. G. B. Heal, M. Porter and others. Scope: 1. Concordances, reverse indexes, frequency counts and rhyme indexes for poetic works including Wiener Genesis, Vorau and Strassburg Alexander, Eilhart's Tristrant RoIandslied, Maurer, Die religi6sen Dichtungen, 2 vols., Rudolf yon Eros, BarIaam und ]osaphat. 2. Provision of word indexes and reverse indexes for prose works, including Speculum Ecclesiae, St. Trudperter Hohelied, Sehonbach, Altdeutsche Predigten. 3. Lexicographical material for complete works of Wolfram von Eschenbach. 4. Stylistic analysis of above texts. Type of computer: ICT Atlas II. Size of storage: 128K, Language and level: Machine language. No and type of tapes and/or disks: 6 Potter tape drives; 4 Data Products disk files. Special equipment: Multi-programming system, multi-access. Is program available? Yes, but probably useless because very machine dependent. References: Vollstiindige Verskonkordanz zur "Wiener Genesis" mit einem ri~ckliiufigen W6rterbuch zum Formenbestand (Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 1967), 842 pp.

L99.

"Breakdown"

Chief investigator: Nathan A. Greenberg, Assoc. Professor of Classics, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio 44074. Type of computer: mM 360/44. Size of storage: 128K. Language and level: Converting to SNO~OL.No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 1 2311 disk, 2 2401 tapes. References: "Scansion purement automatique de l'hexametre dactylique," Revue, 1967 (No. 3), 1-30.

L101.

Computational Stylistics

Chief investigator: Sally Y. Sedelow, Assoc. Professor, Depts. of English and Information Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514. 228

Associates: Walter A. Sedelow, Jr., Walter L. Smith, William Buttelmann, William Hickok, Joan Peters. scope: I. Stylistic analysis of literary texts, expository texts, transcribed oral discourse. Method: 1. Analyze text for structuring themes, ideas, or contents: key punch. 2. Index text by computer. 3. Sort text into alphabetical order. 4. Group content words by root. 5. Print out text as grouped by root, indices, and frequency counts. 6. Investigator selects words from printout he wishes to use as search "keys" and selects (from thesauri, synonym dictionaries, etc.) words which, if they occur in the text, will be grouped with words indicated as search keys. 7. Search keys and possible associated words are submitted to the computer for a search of the entire text. 8. Results are printed out in list structure. II. Graphic representation of linguistic elements with the option of console display. III. Statistical analysis of strings, both within and across word boundaries. IV. Research on thesauri including structural biases, utility for the resolution of ambiguity, utility for thesaurus construction, etc. Type of computer: 1BM 360/40, 75, Size of storage: Model 40, 256K (unpartitioned) ; Mod. 75 fast core 512K/2000g slow core. Language and level: PL/L Is program available? INDEX, St~FFUN, SUFFZXcurrently available; THrSAT:Ravailable Summer 1968. L106.

A Concordance to the West Saxon Gospels

Chief investigator: Paul W. Pillsbury, Professor, Dept. of English Language and Literature, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich. 48197. Associate: Charles Peck. Scope: A complete concordance based on the edition of M~deleine Grunberg, The West-Saxon Gospels (Amsterdam, Scheltema and Holkema, 1967). Method: 1. Transliterate Old English text onto A-series cards. 2. Pre-edit B-series cards with canonical form and paradigmatic sort code for each A-series word. 3. Keypunch. 4. Proofread listing of A and B series. 5. Transfer to tape. 6. Concord batches of text by TRICON program. 7. Proofread printout. 8. Merge successive batches of text until concordance is complete. Type of computer: IBM 360/67. Size of storage: 512K. Language and level: FORTRAN~, level F Assembler Language. No. and typeof disks: One 2314 disk drive. Is program available? Yes. Sydney M. Lamb is currently revising the TRZCONprogram (Concordances from Computers, UCLA Mechanollnguistics Project, 1966). A translation of TRmON into FORTRAN C with special adaptations for the West Saxon Gospel Concordance Project is being prepared by Charles Peck, Department of Communication Sciences, University of Michigan.

Short Projects i n G r a m m a t i c a l A n a l y s i s o f t h e B r o w n University S t a n d a r d C o r p u s o f E d i t e d A m e r i c a n E n g l i s h

L107.

Chief investigators: William Card and Virginia McDavid, Professors of English, Chicago State College, 6800 Stewart Avenue, Chicago 111. 60621. Type of computer: IBM 1401. Size of storage: 16K. Languag e and level: Autocoder. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 4 tape drives. Special equipment: Concordance program yielding 3-1ine context for any selected word in conjunction with index tapes. Is program available? Yes.

Ll12. Automatic Syntactic Analysls of the Prose of T h o m a s Carlyle (Ph.D. dissertation) Chief investigator: Robert L. Oakman, Dept. of English, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. 47401.

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Scope: Random samples (1000 sentences) from Carlyle's prose on first run; after analysis more samples may be taken on a selective hasis if warranted. Method: 1. Machine parses random samples (unedited on punch cards) and collects statistics about elements, patterns, etc. 2. Hand analysis of printout. 3. Further runs to test out hypotheses (may include more samples, concordancing, statistical analyses). Type o[ computer: i~M 7040. Language and level: COMIT. Is program available? Should be by summer 1968.

*LI60.

'q_)ictionary of Names and Titles in Poe's Collected Works"

Chief investigator: Burton R. Pollin, Professor, Dept. of English, Bronx Community College, CUNY, Bronx, N.Y. 10468. Associate: Gary Berlind. Scope: Processing over 10,000 cntries derived from the 15 volumes of Harrison edition, producing 250 pages of edited entries, in four listings. Method: 1. Key punching indexed material. 2. Extracting two of the four indices through delimiters. 3. Formating through program control page proofs in external storage. 4. On-line editing of page proofs. 5. Setting of prose introduction into justified page proofs through Gerald Bernes's FORXtATprogram. Type of computer: iBM 360/30. Size of storage: 64K. Language and level: Basic Assembler Language. No. and type o[ tapes and~or disks: 3 2311 disk drives and 2321 data cell. Is program available? Yes, Re[erence: Dictionary o[ Names and Titles in Poe's Collected Works (New York: DaCapo Press).

*L161. Dutch Vocabulary of "Dictionarium Tetraglotton sev Voces Latinae Omnes, et Graecae eis respondentes, cum Gallica & Teutonica (quam passim Flandricam vocant) earum interpretatione" Chief investigator: F. de Tollenaere, Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, Rapenburg 68, Beatrixlaan 7, Warmond, Holland. Associate: Marineke MuldcrFrijters. Method: 1. Keypunch. 2. Transfer to tapes. 3. Alphabetical sorting. 4. Print in tahular form. Type of computer: mM 360/50. Is program available? Results available September 1968.

*L162.

Computer-assisted Linguistic Analysis of the Prose Style

of John Dryden Chic/investigator: Harry W. Peter, Dept. of English, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20007. Scape: Corpus limited to Dryden's essays; exact size will be determined by statistical necessity after initial samples are processed. Method: 1. De-transformational history manually made for each sentence. 2. Presence-absence of various syntactic structures noted; labels indicating lexical register and function in paragraph structure assigned. 3. Material processed to determine frequency, proportion, patterns. Type of computer: IB.~t 360/50. Language and level: I,L/I, FORTRAN.

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*L163.

Cato the Elder

Chief investigator: Stephen V. F. Waite, Instructor of Classics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 03755. Scope: Entire corpus of Cato, including Fragments (about 20,000 words). Method: 1. Enter and correct originals on time-sharlng. 2. Produce preliminary word-lists and sentence-length charts for 1200 word sections (approximately). 3. Produce card output. 4. Get complete word list in batch-processing. 5. Get patterns of clausulae, checking for both word-accent patterns and syllabic-length patterns. Type o/ computer: cE 625. Size of storage: 64K. Language and level: BASIC (Time sharing) ; eEcos fORTRAN (batch). Is program available? Currently at step 3. Re[erences: For input format and texts used, see CHum II (January 1968), 135. *L164.

Stylostatistical A n a l y s i s of A n g l o - S a x o n B a t t l e Poetry to

Determine Effect of Theme on Syntax Chief investigator: Tommy J. Ray, Instructor, Dept. of English, University of Houston, Houston, Tex. 77004. Scope: Random samples (48,000 words) from Angio-Saxon poetry containing both battle and non-battle theme units. Method: 1. Edit for syntactic units and patterns. 2. Keypunch. 3. Transfer to tapes. 4. Sort by units and patterns. 5. Print concordance and separate listings by particular patterns and units. Type of computer: mM 360/30. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: VORa~AN ~V. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 4 2311 disk drives. Is program available? Will be by January 1969. *L165. A C o m p u t e r I n v e s t i g a t i o n of "Pericles" Chief investigator: Tommy Ruth Waldo, Assist. Professor, Dept. of English, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. 32601. Scope: Stylistic comparisons of Pericles, parts of which are attributed to Shakespeare, and Antony and Cleopatra, a work near in date to Pericles and known to be by Shakespeare. Objective: To determine the degree of Shakespeare's participation in the composition of the play. Method: Still in the planning stage; work begins in the summer of 1968. Type of computer: IBM 360/50. IS program available? Not at present. *L166, L a R o c h e f o u c a u l d Concordance Chief investigator: Bryant C. Freeman, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Romance Languages, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va, 22903. Associate: Alan Batson. Scope: Maximes and Rg]texions diverses, with all variants. Method: 1. Paper tape. 2. Transfer to tapes (magnetic). 3. Photon printout (variable spacing). Type of computer: Burroughs B5500. Size of storage: 244x characters. Language and level: Burroughs Extended ALCOL60. References: Concordance du th6dtre et des poesies de Jean Racine, 2 vols. (Cornell University Press, announced for June 1968) *L167. A n a l y s i s of S y n t a x a n d G r a m m a r of Fiction Prose Style Chief investigator: Karl Kroeber, Professor, Dept. of English, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 53706. Associate: Gary Goshgarian. 231

Scope: Samples (2,000-11,000 words) from approximately fifty English novels from Fielding to Graham Greene. Method: 1. Mark and edit all words in each sample. 2. Keypunch. 3. Transfer to tapes. 4. Analyze according to approximately 25 tests. 5. Print out results in tabular form. Type of computer: CDC3600. Size of storage: 64K. Language and level: •ORaX,AN IV. NO. and type of tapes and/or disks: 10 606 tape units. Is program available? Not as yet. References: A Computer Analysis of Fictional Prose Style (U.S. Office of Education, 1966) ; "Computers and Research in Literary Analysis," Computers in Humanistic Research, ed. Edmund A. Bowles (1967) ; "The Perils of Quantification," Statistics and Style, ed. Bailey and Dolezel (Fall 1968). *L168.

A Statistical Investigation of the

Prose Writings

of Henry

Fielding and his Contemporaries Chief investigator: Michael G. Farringdon, Dept. of English, University of Bristol, 40, Berkeley Square, Bristol, 8, England. Scope: To try to find stylistic discriminators in the works of Fielding and some of his contemporaries and to use these on some disputed works. Method: 1. Keypunch. 2. Transfer to tapes. 3: Derive and print word counts and concordances. 4. Additional refinements. Type of computer: mT Atlas I. Size of storage: 48K. Language and level: ABL and aLGOL. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 16 Ampex 1" tapes (maximum), *L169.

Index

Verborum

to X e n o p h o n ' s

"Anabasis"

Chief investigator: Cordelia M. Birch, Professor, Dept. of Greek and Latin, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pa. 15010. Associate: W, Paul Arnold. Scope: Complete with references to each section where found. Method: Listing each word with references to each section in which it occurs and noting any multiple appearances in any section. Type of computer: IBM 1130. Size of storage: 4K. Language and level: FORXe,AN IV. IS program available? Not yet. *L170.

Stylography of Eighteenth-Century

English Novels

Chief investigator: Edward M. Jennings, Assist. Professor, Dept. of English, Duke University, Durham, N.C. 27706. Scope: Initial fragments of several novels. Method: 1. Editing and numeric coding of semantic and syntactic classes. 2. Machine sorting and searching for unnoticed patterns and relationships. Type of computer: IB~r 360/30. Language and level: PORaa~AN IV. *L171.

Automatic

Syntactic Analysis

and

Synthesis

of

English

Sentences Chief investigator: Herbert L. Pilch, Professor, Englisches Seminar, AlbeTtLudwigs Universlt~it, D-7800 Freiburg, Rotteckring 4, Germany. Associates: Lilo Moessner, Klaus Detering. Scope" Machine translation. T y p e of computer: IBz~ 7094 I (Deutsches Rechenzentrum, D-61 Darmstadt), Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: rORa'RaY n. No. and type of tapes and~or 232

disks: 13 tape units IBM 729/IV, 1 disk storage mM 1301. Is program available? Will be by Summer 1968. References: "Der Stand der Freiburger Arbeiten zur maschinellen Uber. setzung," Syntax und Datenverarbeltung, II (1966), 82-117, *L172. D o c u m e n t s p o u r l ' ~ t u d e des textes littdraires fransais: I n d e x et c o n c o r d a n c e s Chief investigator: Bernard Quemada, Directeur, Centre d'Etude du Vocabulaire fran~ais, Facult6 des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, 18, rue Chifltet, 25Besan~on, France. Scope: Textes de r6f6rence du XIVe si~cle h nos jours. Method: 1. Bandes perfordes. 2. Cartes m6canogralohiques. 3. Listages -[- analyse et 6tudes critiques. 4. Impression m6canographique. Type of computer: Machines mdcanographiques BULL. Is program available? Programme continu. *L173.

A C o n c o r d a n c e to the P o e t r y of J o n a t h a n Swift

Chief investigator: James M. Pye, Research Assistant, Data Processing Center, Texas Ag~M University, College Station, Tex. 77843. Scope: All poetry from William's 1958 Oxford Edition, including those verses which are of doubtful authorship and those verses by other poets which are in the collection. Method: 1. Manually transfer to textual data coding forms. 2. Symbolically designate typefont conventions. 3. Keypunch. 4. Transfer to tape. 5. Produce concordance and associated statistics. Type of compuer: IBM 360/65. Size of storage: 512K. Language and level: COBOL. No. and type of tapes and[or disks: 1 2314 D.A.S.F., 4 2401/2 tapes, 1 2402/2 tape, I 2402/3 tape. Special equipment: 2260 Display terminal. *L174.

Computer-Aided

English Translation

of P e t r a r c h ' s

Latin

Letters Chief investigator: Aldo S. Bernardo, Professor, Dept. of Romance Languages, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, N.Y. 13901. Associates: G. Mallary Masters, Sandro Stlcca, Mario Di Cesare, Rigo Mignani, E. George Erdman. Type of computer: IBZ~ 360/40. Size of storage: 256x. Language and level: COBOL DOS.No. and typ~ of tapes and~or disks: 5 2311 disk drives, 1 2402 tape. Special equipment: 1050/2260 terminals. *L175.

C o n c o r d a n c e s to " O s m a n " b y I v a n G u n d u l i c

Chief investigator: ~eljko Bujas, Odsjek sa anglistiku, Filozofski fakultet, Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Scope: The entire epic (13,500 lines; 65,000 words) in 17th-century Croatian. Method: 1. Keypunch (transliterating 5 letters with diacritics and 3 accents). 2. Transfer to tapes. 3. Produce KWm ordinary and reverse concordances. 4. Produce glossary with frequencies and vocabulary rank list. 5. Compile a rhyming dictionary. Type of computer: CDC 1700/CDC 6600. Size of storage: 16K/131K. Language and level: fOrTRAN, Assembly language. No. and type of tapes and[or disks: 1 disk, 3 tapes/4 disks, 6 tapes. Is program available? Yes (for steps 3 and 4 of Method). 233

*L176. Concordances to "Povratak Filipa Latinovicza" by Miroslav Krleza Chief investigator: Zeljko Bnjas, Odsjek za anglistiku, Filozofski fakultet, Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Scope: The entire original in Croatian and its translation into English (2,800 + 2,800 sentences). Method: 1. Keypunch (transliterating 5 letters with diacritics in Croatian text). 2. Transfer to tapes. 3. Produce Kvac ordinary and reverse concordances in both languages. 4. Produce glossaries with frequencies and vocabulary rank lists for both texts. 5. Produce ordinary and reverse contrastive (i.e., two-line two-language) concordances, Croatian-item and Englishitem ordered. Type of computer: c~c 1700/cnc 6600. Size of storage: 16K/131K. Language and level: FORTRAN, Assembly language. No. and type of tapes and]or disks: 1 disk, 3 tapes/4 disks, 6 tapes. Is program available? Yes (for steps 3 and 4 of Method).

*L177. Research in German-English Syntactic Level

Machine Translation on

Chief investigator: Winfred P. Lehmann, Professor and Director, Linguistics Research Center, The University of Texas, 311 East 14th Street, Austin, Tex. 78701. Associate: L. W. Tosh. Scope: The study is directed toward the development of a German-English mechanical translation system capable of producing translations of German scientific and technical texts on the syntactic level. Method: Two major objectives guide the research: (I) German-English transfer grammar linking descriptions of the two languages and (2) a complete description, including programming systems, which will generate mechanical translation of texts. Type of computer: ca~c 1700/cam 6600. Size of storage: 16K/13K. Language and level: FORTRAN,Assembly language. No. and type of tapes and]or disks: t disk, 3 tapes/4 disks, 6 tapes. Special equipment: Cathode ray tube conversational mode station. Is program available? Yes.

*L178.

Study of Russian Verb Auxiliaries

Chief investigator: Raoul N. Smith, Instructor, Dept. of Linguistics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. 60201. Scope: Modal auxiliaries appearing in a 200,000-word corpus of Contemporary Standard Russian. Method: Concordance. Type of computer: CDC 6400. Language and level: FORTRAN. 15 program available? Not yet.

*L179. An Investigation into the Vocabulary of English Dictionaries and Newspapers Chief investigator: Thomas Finkenstaedt, Professor of English, Anglistisches Institut der Universitfit des Saarlandes, 66 Saarbrticken 15, Germany. Associate: Dieter Wolff. Ob#ctive: A statistical investigation into the range of the English language, its etymological composition, the parts of speech and dates of the first appearances of the words in the language. Scope and method: The investigation is based on

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the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, the Advanced Learner's Dictionary, ana Michael West's General Service List of English Words. The body of about 80,000 words is being compared with English newspaper texts. Type of computer: X 1 Electrologica. Language and level: Programs are written in internal machine code. No. and type of tape used: Sandwich tape Scotch 789; Length 1100 metres; breadth 0.5 inches, 10 channels; Speed: 75 inches per second; frequency 30Kh. Is program available? Yes, but it can be used only on the same type of computer. Sets of punched cards will be available from 1968. Current state of project: The dictionary is stored on tape; results will be published in 1968. References: Dieter Wolff, "An Investigation into the Vocabulary of English Dictionaries and Newspapers: A Preliminary Report," International Organization for Ancient Languages Analysis by Computer (L.A.S.L.A.), II (1967), pp. 1-13.

*L180.

Glossarial Index to Middle English Morte Arthure

Chic[ investigators: Bruce Steele, Senior Lecturer, and Jennifer Strauss, Lecturer, Dept. of English, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 3168. Associate: Georgette Silva. Scope: Complete alphabetical word-list. Method: 1. Keypunch text onto 8-channel paper tape. 2. Transfer to magnetic tape. 3. Produce word index and word frequency count. Type of computer: cDc 3200. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: rOZTRAN. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 4 tapes (IBM style), two 4 x 106 character disks (cnc). Special equipment: 30" Incremental plotter. Is program available? Yes. References: See G15.

*L181.

Edition of the Plays of Thomas Southerne (1660-1745)

Chief investigator: Harold H. R. Love, Lecturer, Dept. of English, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 3168. Associate: Georgette Silva. Scope: Four texts of The Loyal Brother and six of The Wives" Excuse (others to follow). Method: I. Punch on paper tape. 2. Transfer to magnetic tape. 3. Identify corresponding lines, additions, omissions, etc. 4. Print variants of derived texts. 5. Final text to be assembled on tape. Type of computer: c ~ 3200. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: FORTRAN. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 4 tapes (IBM style), two 4 x I0~ character disks (cDc), Special equipment: 30" Incremental plotter. Is program available? Yes. References: See G15.

*L182.

Critical Index of Columella

Chief investigator: George G. Betts, Dept. of Classical Studies, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 3168. Associates: P. M. Waterson, W. D. Ashworth, Georgette Silva. Scope: Systematic grammatical manuscript attribution of doubtful Method: 1. Precode text. 2. Paper tape. 4. Sort for concordance. Type of computer: Cl~: 3200.

analysis (including syntax) combined with readings and compilation of stylistic data. tape (flexowriter). 3. Transs to magnetic

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FORTRAN. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 4 tapes (m~ style), two 4 x 106 character disks (cnc). Special equipment: 30" Incremental plotter. Is program available? Yes. References: See G15. *L183.

Proc6d6s Stylistiques de Nathalie

Sarraute

Chief investigator: Roland Husson, Lecturer, Dept. of Modern Languages, French section, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 3168. Associate: Georgette Silva. Scope: Tenter de d6finir certains aspects du vocabulaire et du style de Nathalie Sarraute en interpr&ant notamment les renseignements quantitatifs que peuvent fournir des ordinateurs. Method: 1. Keypunch text onto 8-channel paper tape for transfer to magnetic tape. 2. Make word index, word frequency count and concordances. Type of computer: CDC 5200. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: rORTaAN. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 4 tapes (IBM style), two 4 x 106 character disks (cr~c). Special equipment: 30" Incremental plotter. Is program available? Yes. References: See G15.

*L184.

Indonesian (Newspaper) Word Count

Chief investigator: R. Rabinranat Hardjadibrata, Lecturer, Dept. of Modern Languages, Indonesian and Malay Section, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 3168. Associate: G. Silva. Scope: 1. To establish a frequency list of the 2,000 most frequent words in "newspaper" Indonesian. 2. To establish the morphemic structure of Indonesian (in paradigmatic fashion). 3. To establish the structure of the Indonesian phrase. Method: 1. Keypunch current nationally read newspapers onto paper tape for storage on magnetic tape. 2. Correction of errors. 3. Production of word index. 4. Production of word frequency count. 5. Study of usage, frequency, and dispersion. Type of computer: ca)c 3200. Size of storage: 32g. Language and level: fORTRAN.No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 6 tapes and 2 disks. Special equipment: 30" Incremental plotter. Is program available? ~2es. References: See G15. *L185.

A Concordance

of the Early Works

of Friedrich Schiller

Chief investigator: Robert L. Kahn, Professor, Dept. of Germanic_s, Rice University, Houston, Tex. 77001. Associates: Frederick Ruecking, Jr., Karl-Heinz Boewe, Klaus Neuendorf, Gudrun Heinsen, James MeLeod. Scope: Complete word list. Method: 1. Keypunch text. 2. Load and keyword index. 3. Sort. 4. Print temporary word list. 5. Update and correct. 6. Sort. 7. Print final word list. Type of computer: IBra 7040. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: COBOL. No. and type of tapes and[or disks: 4 729/V tape drives. Is program available? Not at present. 236

*L186.

Russian Linguistic Dictionary in Morpho-Phonemlc Form

Chief investigators: Walter D. Lazear, Project Head, and George W. Smalley, Chairman, Dept. of Slavic Languages, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis. 54911. Scope: Eventually, 80,000-word vocabulary in morpbo-phonemic form. Method: 1. Create morpho-phonemic forms. 2. Keypunch. 3. Determine linguistic requirements. 4. Edit data with program. 5. Print in list form. 6. Evaluate data on list. Type of computer: mM 1620 (Model I). Size of storage: 40K. Language and level: AFIT SPS. Special equipment: Floating point hardware, indirect addressing, automatic divide; Data Products 1620LP/IL Is program available? Yes.

*L187.

Structural Analysis of Hebrew Roots

Chief investigator: David E. Y. Sarna, Dept. of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. 02154. Associate: Lawrence H . Scbiffman. Project supervisor: Nahum M. Sarna, Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies, Brandeis University. Scope: To investigate intolerable letter combinations in Biblical Hebrew, and formulate thereby rules for determining admissibility of questionable or putative nominal roots. We also hope to examine later Hebrew for deviation from the formulated rules, in the hope of observing the language development. Hapax Legomona will also be examined in the light of the rules formulated. Presently limited to Biblical Hebrew. To include Biblical Aramaic, possibly Ugaritic, and possibly Modern Hebrew. Method: 1. Compile an accurate root list. (Sources: Lexica of Brown, Driver and Briggs, Baumgartner and Koehler, Even Shosban, and Ben Yehuda, with reference to Mandelkern's Concordance.) 2. Keypunch. 3. Sort for single- and multiple-letter presence. 4. Sort for presence by location. 5. Sort for presence and frequency of two-letter combinations. 6. Print out in tabular form both presence and absence lists. 7. Formulate presence-absence rules. 8. List letter combinations presumed intolerable in Biblical Hebrew. ft. Examine low-frequency combinations for possible foreign etymology, which would be suggested by deviation from the rules formulated in 7 above. 10. Examine presumed putative nominal roots for possible deviation from above rules. 11. Compare with associated Semitic languages to observe possible similarity in structure. 12. Compare with Modern and Mishnaic Hebrew to observe language development. 13. Examine sin-shin.tar for possible clues as to origin. Type of computer: mM 1620. Size of storage: 40K core (char.) 2 disks. Language and level: FORTe,AN 2D, SeS I I D SNOBOL3. Special equipment: Hebrew Selectric element for listing in Hebrew. Is program available? Yes.

*L188.

Computer-Generated Critical Editions of Rabbinic Texts

Chief investigator: David E. Y. Sarna, Dept. of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. 02154. Associates: L. Tobey, Louis Finkelstein, Saul Lieberman. Scope: To edit rabbinic texts by computer, checking various manuscripts against the standard edition and composing a page containing the standard text, the variants, the types of variants, and the manuscripts having the variants. Type of computer: IBM 1620 will be used initially to write the programs; a larger machine will be needed for execution. Special equipment: At present a Hebrew selectric element is used for listing. Is program available? Yes.

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*L189.

Computerized Collation of Medieval Prose Manuscripts

Chief investigator: Anne-Lise Cohen, Dept. of History, University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024. Associate: Peggy Cabannis. Scope: Word for word, sentence for sentence, paragraph for paragraph (100 words) comparison of two texts. Prints out original and variants. Method: Card input, one line of text per card, stored on disk. Type of computer: m~ 360/75. Language and level: 2 versions of program: COBOL and PL/L Type of storage: Disk. Is program available? January 1969.

*L190. A Method of Structural Analysis with an Application to "Les Liaisons dangereuses" Chief investigator: Christiane B. Allais, Instructor, Dept. of French, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Associate: Claude Allais. Method: Mathematical method for determining the structure of literary works. Graphical representation of the structure. Type of computer: xB• 7094.

*L191. A Study of the Farce-afterpiece on the London Stage, 1700-1725 Chief investigator: Raja P. Ramdass, Graduate Student and Programming Consultant, Dept. of Drama, Computer Sciences Laboratory, University of Southern California, 1010 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90007. Associate: Dr. James H. Butler. Scope: To analyse the daily calendar of performances on the London stage (1700-1725) and establish the relative popularity of the different kinds of afterpieces. Method: Different afterpieces presented nightly are coded as to their title, type, and authorship from The London Stage, and a frequency distribution is presented for each season, type and play. Analysis of variance is performed on the data. Type of computer: Honeywell-800. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: FORTRANIV. No. of tapes: 8 tape drives. High Speed-Printer. Special equipment: Also available Honeywell-200 with 32K core. Is program available? By June 1968. References: ICRH Newsletter, II (February-March, 1967), 2.

*L192. Computer Concordance and Analysis of the Major Elizabethan Sonnet Sequences Chief investigator: Herbert S. Donow, Assist. Professor, Dept. of English, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IlL 62901. Scope: A concordance of all of the sonnets of Daniel, Drayton, Shakespeare, Sidney and Spenser with analysis based on word frequencies, word lengths and other stylistic criteria. Method: 1. Store poems on tape. 2. Analyze poems for frequency of key content words and function words, for word length, for rhyme patterns and rhyme frequencies, etc. 3. Print out concordance with Elizabethan spelling under conventionally spelled head word. Type of computer: IBM 7040. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: '~ORT~N IV and SNOBOL3. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 10 72915 tape drives; 2 1301 disk drives. Is program available? When completed.

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*L193. Syntaktische Analyse friihneuhochdeutscher Prosa ~hie[ investigator: Ludwig Erich Schmitt, Ordentlicher Professor, Forschungsinstitut ffir Deutsche Sprache, Deutscher Sprachatlas, Universit~it Marburg, 355 Marburg/Lahn, Krummbogen 28A, Germany. Associates: Monika Hager, Susanne Mumm, Bernd S. Mfiller. Scope: Johann Eberlin von Gfinzburgs 15 Bundesgenossen (ca. 66000 W6rter). Method: 1. ~bertragung des Originaltextes auf 8-Kanal-Lochstreifen. 2. Syntaktische Klassifizierung in mehreren Zeilen. 3. Alphabetisches Wortregister mit gleichzeitiger tabellarischer Zuordnung der syntaktischen Kategorien und Stellenangaben. 4. Sortierung nach den syntaktischen Kategorien mit Zuordnung der Textw6rter. Type of computer: TR4. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: Maschinencode T~XAS.No. and type of tapes: 3 Magnetbandeinheiten. Is program available? Ja. Reference: Publikation des Index mit den Klassifikationen, Ende 1968. *L194. W o r t i n d e x zu Gottfried Kellers Novellenzyklus "Die Leute v o n Seldwyla"

Chief investigator: Ludwig Erich Schmitt, Ordentlicher Professor, Forschungsinstitut fiir Deutsche Sprache, Deutscher Sprachatlas, Universit/it Marburg, 355 Marburg/Lahn, Krummbogen 28A, Germany. Associates: Monika Hager, Niels S6rensen. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Deutschen Rechenzentrum, Darmstadt, Rheinstrasse 75. Scope: Zwei B/inde yon Gottfried Kellers Werken (ca. 100,000 W6rter). Method: 1. ~2bertragund des Originaltextes auf 8-Kanal-Lochstreifen unter Kennzeichnung der Stellen mlt Varianten. 2. Vollst~ndiges alphabetisches Wortregister mit absoluten H~ufigkeiten und H/iufigkeiten pro Seite. 3. Restriktive Stellenkonkordanz. 4. Riickl~iufigesWortregister. 5. H/iufigkeitsregister. 6. Namenregister. 7. Kontextregister nach Bedarf. Type of computer: IBM 7090. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: VORTRAN,FAP. IS program available? Erfordert Riicksprache mit dem Deutschen Rechenzentrum. Reference: Publikation des Index geplant, Ende 1968.

9 195.

W o r t i n d e x zu Georg Bfichners W e r k e n

Chie[ investigator: Ludwig Erich Schmitt, Ordentlicher Professor, Forschungsinstitut fiir Deutsche Sprache, Deutscher Sprachatlas, Universit/it Marburg, 355 Marburg/Lahn, Krtlmmbogen 28A, Germany. Associates: Monika Hager, Niels S6rensen. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Deutschen Rechenzentrum, Darmstadt, Rheinstrasse 75. Scope: Die Dichtungen Georg Bfichners. Method: 1. Obertragung des Originaltextes auf 8-Kanal-Lochstreifen nnter Einbeziehung der verschiedenen Fassungen. 2. Vollst~ndlges alphabetisches Wortregister mit absoluten Hfiufigkeiten und H/iufigkeiten pro Seite. 3. Restriktive Stellenkonkordanz. 4. Rfickl/iufiges Wortregister. 5. H~ufigkeitsregister. 6. Namenregister. 7. Kontextregister nach Bedal"f. Type of computer: IBM 7090. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: FORa~AN, FAP. IS program available? Erfordert Riicksprache mit dem Deutschen Rechenzentrum. Reference: Publikation des Index, Anfang 1969. 239

*L196. T h e A p p l i c a t i o n of Automated Content Analytic T e c h n i q u e s to the Study of Paradise Lost Chief investigator: Michael J. Zieky, U.S.O.E. Fellow, Bureau of Educational Research, University of Connecticut, U-4, Storrs, Conn. 06268. Associate: G. Fisher, J. Hiller. Scope: Complete text of Paradise Lost. Method: 1. Map text into categories. 2. Collect scores across character. 3. Run multiple discriminant and classification analyses. 4. Interpret. Type of computer: IBM 360/65. Size of storage: 256~:, Language and level: PL/I F. No. and type of disks: 1 drum, 4 disks. Is program available? Expected September 1968. *L197.

M e c h a n i c a l R e c o g n i t i o n of L i n g u i s t i c Structures

Chief investigator: Hans Karlgren, Research Group for Quantitative Linguistics, Fack, Stockholm 40, Sweden. Associates: Benny Brodda, GSran EngstrSm, Bengt Svensson. Method: Combinatorial analysis, tested on Swedish sentences and lexicological material. Type of computer: TgASKand c,c 3600. Size of storage: 24K (TRASa). Language and level: ALGOLJr string processing procedures. Is program available? Not yet. References: Reports at Grenoble and Tokyo ILA; Hans Karlgren, "Slant Grammar Calculus," KVAL PM 337; Benny Brodda, "The Entropy of Recursive Markov Processes," KVAL PM 339; "Citation Index and Measures of Association in Mechanized Document Retrieval," KVAL PM 295. *L198,

Syntactic Analysis of the S e c o n d Shepherds' Play

Chief investigator: Everett G. Powell, Assist. Professor, Dept. of English, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Tex. 78411. Associate: Jon Wiley. Scope: Concordance of Second Shepherd's Play; survey of significant syntactic peculiarities. Method: 1. Construct concordance. 2. Program computer to group syntactic patterns. Type of computer: IBM 1401. Size of storage: 12K. Language and level: Autocoder. No. and type of disks: 2 IBM 1311 disks. *L199. W o r t b i l d u n g d e r d e u t s c h e n Z e i t u n g s s p r a c h e des 19. and 20. J a h r h u n d e r t s Chief investigator: Ludwig Erich Schmitt, Ordentlicher Professor, Forschungsinstitut f/Jr Deutsche Sprache, Universitfit Marburg, 355 Marburg/Lahn, Krummbogen 28A, Germany. Associate: Bernd S. Mfiller. Scope: Frankfurter Tageszeitungen (1800-1960) : ca. 170,000 W6rter. Method: 1. #bertragung auf 8-Kanal-Lochstreifen. 2. Morphologische und semantische Klassifizierung. 3. Sortierungen nach den TextwSrtern, den morphologischen und semantischeu Codes. 4. Ausdruck yon zeitlieh gestuften Teilsortierungen. Type of computer: Telefunken Ta4. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: Maschinencode T~XAS.No. and type of tapes: 4 Magnetbandeinheiten. Is program available? Ja. 240

~L200.

Syntax Discovery Procedure

for Natural

Languages

Chief investigator: A. Colin Day, Computer Centre, University College London, 19 Gordon Street, London W.C.1, England. Scope: From a corpus of text material in a natural language, to discover the hierarchy of classes and structures which constitute the syntax. Method: 1. Take as units the word types in the corpus. 2. Record co-occurrences of units. 3. Unite units with similar distribution into classes: 4. Add the classes and sequences of classes to the stock of units. 5. Repeat from 2. Type of computer: IB~ 360/65. Size of storage: 256K. Language and level: tORTe,AN IV G, Assembler F. No. and type of tapes and disks: 5 2311 disk drives, 2 2400 tape units. Is program available? Not yet. *L201. Accusative search Project

Object

as V e r b a l

Complement

in

German-

Chief investigator: Edwin A. Hopkins, Assist. Professor, Dept. of Germanics, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 08540. Associate: Kenneth Ekman. Method: 1. Search tape for accusative object-verb combinations. 2. Print combination with 4 lines of context. 3. Tabulate results. Type of computer: IB~ 7094 model I. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: FORTRANIV. No. and type of tapes: 7 IBra model VI tape drive; 6 model V (we only use 3 at a time). Special equipment: CRT display, recorder, adapter available. Is program available? Probably after June 15, 1968.

*L202.

Word-list of the Late Middle English Chronicle by John

Capgrave

Chief investigator: Peter J. Lucas, Assist. Lecturer, Dept. of English, University College, Dublin 2, Ireland. Scope: Linguistic analysis of the complete text of Capgrave's Chronicle (140,000 wd.) edited from Ms. Gg.4.12 in Cambridge University Library. Method: 1. Transliterate original. 2. Punch on cards. 3. Sort alphabetically. 4. Print in tabular form. 5. Post-edit. Type of computer: IBis 1620 Model I. Size of storage: 40K. Language and level: svs. Is program available? Not yet. * L 2 0 3 . A p p l i c a t i o n o f C o m p u t i n g T e c h n i q u e to a T e x t i n the Welsh Language: the Poetic Debate between Edmond Prys and Wiliam Cynwal (16th century)

Chief investigator: G. Aled Williams, Assist. Lecturer, Dept. of Welsh, University College, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland. Scope: Word-index to text (54 poems) edited from Llanstephan Ms. 43 in National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. Method: 1. Prepare text by distinguishing homographs and partially de-mutating. 2. Keypunch text onto cards, two lines per card. 3. Sort alphabetically. 4. Print out in tabular form. 5. Post-edit. Type of computer: XBra 1620/I. Size of storage: 4014. Language and level: sFs. Is program available? Not yet. References: Article to appear in future issue of Ll~n Cymru (Cardiff, University of Wales Press). 241

*L204.

Concordance to "The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas"

Chief investigator: Robert C. Williams, Brynarlais, Llanstephan, Carmar Thenshire, Wales. Associate: The Rev. W. B. Guindon, S.J. Scope: To list alphabetically the use and occurrence of principal words used in Dylan Thomas' Collected Poems and prepare text for publication. Method: 1. Modified IBM Kwm sorting of card-punched lines of poetry to produce a card for each word in line with linear context and coding for identification. 2. Hand sorting through sorter to llst alphabetically. 3. Manual correction and editing for printout. Current state of project: Completed and published (University of Nebraska Press, 1967). Type of computer: IBM 1620. Language and level: FORTRAN. Special equipment: 2000-card-per-minute manual sorter; printout machine. *L205,

Automatic

Translation

Chief investigator: Guy Rondeau, Research Director, Section de linguistique appliqu&, Facult6 des Lettres, Universit6 de Montrdal, C.P. 6128, MontrSal 3, Canada. Associates: A. Dugas, A. Querido, A. Colmerauer, A. Faubert, G. de Chastellier, B. Harris. Scope: Computerized translation of government publications from English into French without pre-edifing. Method: Tripartite parser-synthesizer based on a mathematical model developed by Dr. A. Colmerauer. Type of computer: CDC 3400. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: FORTRANIV, COMPASS.No. and type of tapes: 629 (8 units). Is program available? Not yet. References: Mechanical Translation Project Quarterly Report, M0ntr6al National Research Council and University of Montreal, Faculty of Letters, Applied Linguistics Section (Jan. 31, 1966, and on). *L206.

TRIAL-BIDAP

Information

Processing

System

Chief investigator: Donald G. Dillman, Graduate Student, Vogelback Computing Center, Northwestern University, 2129 Sheridan Road, Evanston, 111. 60201. Associates: James S. Aagaard, Lorraine Borman. Scope: The system will perform editing, indexing and retrieval of textual and certain types of numeric information. Usage options will allow for the creation and maintenance of a master file, indexing on words designated at "key" words or, alternatively, on every word in the text, and computer retrieval and printout of entries that satisfy a user search command. Any one or any combination of these features can be achieved through one computer run. Type of computer: CDC 6400. Size of storage: 65K. Language and level: c~c FORTRAN.NO and type of tapes and disks: 2 tape drives, 6603 disk file. Is program available? Summer 1968. References: James s. Aagaard, "BIDAP: A Bibliographical Data Processing Program for Keyword Indexing," American Behavioral Scientist, X (February 1967). *L207.

A Concordance

to t h e E n g l i s h P r o s e o f J o h n Milton

Chief investigator: Laurence Sterne, Assist. Professor, Dept. of Literature and Language, Drexel Ila~titute of Technology, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. 242

Scope: A complete concordance to all the English prose of John Milton contained in Complete Prose Works of John Milton, ed. Don M. Wolfe, et al. (New Haven, 1953--). A concordance to Volume 1 is presently completed, including the attributed A Postscript and comparative frequency word lists. Method: I. Edit Yale text to achieve representation of original printed text, e.g. upper and lower case, italics. 2. Keypunch. 3. Transfer to tapes. 4. Sort and alphabetize. 5. Print in awm format. 6. Prepare cross-references/variants. 7. Print through phototypesetting. Type of computer: mM 360/75 and IB~t 360,/90 with AsP (although linkage is used, it is not necessary, hut it does speed a very long job). Size of storage: 256a. Language and level: r o a a ' ~ y G. NO. and type of tapes and~or disks: 1 2321 data cell, 9 2311 disk units, 1 2301 drum, ultimately 10 tape drives. Is program available? Convel~ion of IB,~ 7094 program to m.~i 360 to be completed by Fall 1968. References: A Concordance to the English Prose of John Milton (Unpub. diss., Columbia University, 1968).

Music MS.

Thematic Index of Sixteenth-Century Italian Music Chief investigator: Harry B. Lincolq, Professor, Dept. of Music, State Uni-

versity of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, N.Y. 13901. References: "Musicology and the Compute~: T h e Thematic Index," Computers in Humanistic Research (Prcntice-Hall, 1967), 184-192; "Some Criteria for Preparation of Thematic Indices by Computer," in Elektronische Datenverarbeitung in der Musikwissenschaft (Regensburg, 1967), 57-61; " T h e Frottole Repertory: A Pilot Study in Information Retrieval" (a paper read at the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society in New Orleans, December 1966). Current state of project: Frottole repertory complete. Palcstrina repertory 90 per cent complete. Work begun on Madrigal, 1530-1550. Development of a "central clearing house" permitting merges of indices from other scholars is in progress. Inquiries are invited.

M15.

Harmonic Structure in Variation Movements by Webern

Chie] investigator: Mary E. Fiore, Professor of Music, State University College at Buffalo, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14222. Scope: All movements in variation form in their entirety. Method: 1. Encode music scores. 2. Scan for melodic patterns. 3. Isolate and reference chords. 4. Reference chords to melodic patterns and form. Type o[ computer: coc 6400. Size of storage: 64K. Language and level: SYOBOL4. No. and type of tape.s and disks: 1 6603 disk and 4 604 tape drives. Is program available? By fall 1968. References: "Motive in Webern's Piano Variations," Com]ruter Uses in Music (Cornell University Press, in press).

M25.

Theories of Tonal Bass Harmonization

Chief investigator: John Rotb.geb, Dept. of Music, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

Method: Pitch-class and interval-class grammars of the tonal bass are developed. Grammars specified by relational networks (or equivalent list structurcs) are used analytically to assign structural descriptions to tonal basses.

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A M u s i c C o m p i l e r for Musicologists a n d E t h n o m u s i c o l o -

Chief investigator: Jerome R. Wenker, Senior Programmer, 541 Janeway Drive, Apt. 189, Norristown, Pa. 19401. Scope: Design and implement a compiler for use in me analysis of European "Art" music and ethnomusicological transcriptions from other cultures. Method: 1. Prepare a mnemonic music notation for the computer including all special ethnomusicological symbols and normal music notation. 2. Design ~O~TRAN subroutines for analysing music prepared in this notation. 3. Use experience gained from this system to design a compiler for the musicologist. Type of computer: Univac 1107. Size of storage: 65K. Language and level: fORTRAN, Assembly Language. No. of tapes: 2. Is program available? Will be when a field test version is ready. References: "A Computer Oriented Music Notation including Ethnomusicological Symbols," in Musicology and the Computer, ed. Barry S. Brook (in press). *M33,

Statistical C o m p a r i s o n of M u s i c a l Styles

Chief investigator: Frederick Crane, Assist. Professor of Music, School of, Music, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. 70803. Associate: Judith Fiehler. Method: A number of compositions are analyzed (by hand) for many aspects of style, each represented by a number. The resulting matrix (columns: works; rows: aspects) is processed by various multivariate techniques (cluster analysis, factor analysis, discriminant analysis) to determine the composer of anonymou~ and disputed works, and to establish meaningful interrelation among aspects. Type of computer: I~M 7040.

*M34.

Canon One

Chief investigator: Mangham D. Lehr, Instructor, Dept. of Creative Arts, Purdue University, Stanley Coulter Hall, Lafayette, ind. 47907. Scope: A program to determine the points of stretto in a given tonal melody in strict canon. Method: A melody is compared against a copy of itself through twelve transpositions to determine the acceptable starting points. Type of computer: xB~ 7094 Mod' 1 Size of Storage: 32K Language and level: SNOZOL3 No. and types of tapes and disks:

CDe6500 65K SNO~OL4 4 tapes, disks

8 tapes, 1301 rood 2 disks

Special equipment: 4 on-line teletypes 252 graphic display system. Is program available? Yes. *M35. C o m p u t e r Synthesis of M u s i c a l S o u n d s a n d Psychoacoustical S t i m u l i

Chief investigator: Donald MacInnis, Assoc. Professor of Music, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 22903. Associates: William A. Wulf, Donald Bowers, Donald Wright. Method: Program calculates 20,000 amplitude samples per second of any desired complex wave form; these amplitudes, in the form of numbers between 244

0 and 4096, are then converted from digital to analog. Program is similar to Bell Lab's Music 4, but is written entirely in Burroughs 5500 Extended ALGOL. An Ambilog 200 computer is used as D-to-A converter. User can define original instruments to suit his imagination, then "call" these by specifying parameters on individual "note" cards. Type of computer: Burroughs 5500 and Ambilog 200. Size of storage: 1,000K available, but only 24K needed here. Language and level: B5500 Extended ALGOL. No. and type of tapes and disks: 4 7-channel 62,500 char/sec tape units, 10 disk drives available. Special equipment: Calcomp Plotter. Is program available? Yes. References: "Sound Synthesis by Computer: z~vsmoL, a Program Written Entirely in Extended ALGOL,"Perspectives of New Music, VI (Winter 1967-68).

Philosophy P1.

Index Thomisticus

Chief investigator: Roberto Busa, S.J., Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, instituto di Eilosofia dell' Aloisianum di Gallarate (Varese), Italy. Associates: Antonio Zampolli, Pietro Stefani. Scope: Indices and concordances of the Complete Works of Thomas Aquinas. Method: Lemmatizing Latin dictionary by machine. Type of computer: 1401/16K and 7090/15 tapes. Language and level: Autocoder, AIOeS, ~oR'r~N IV, M~' (symbolic, utility). No. and type of tapes: 500 tapes, types 729 II and 729 VI. Is program available? Yes. References: "L'elaborazione Elettronica nell' analisi ]inguistica," available from CNUC~, Universit~t di Pisa, via S. Maria 36, 56100 Pisa, Italy. Formerly $43.

*P2.

A Concordance to Plato

Chief investigator: Leonard Brandwood, Dept. of Greek and Latin, University of Manchester, Manchester 13, England. Associates: R. B. E. Napper, Lorne H, Bouchard. Scope: Inflected forms listed under their base lexical form. Classification of different usages according to grammatical and syntactic criteria. Method: 1. Preedit text to distinguish ambiguities (homographs, etc.). 2. Punch paper tape on teleprinter (Greek characters). 8. Code onto magnetic tape. 4. Output of vocabulary in alphabetical order on paper tape. 5. Alphabetical order revised in accordance with standard grammatical paradigms. 6. Output of concordance according to combined alphabetical and grammatical order. These stages have been completed, and the output is now being edited manually for publication. Type of computer: Atlas I. Size of storage: 16K. Language and level: ALGOL, rORa~AN IV, Atlas Autocode. No. of tapes: 8. Is program available? Not in practice (unique language and machine-dependent). References: "Analysing Plato's Style with a Computer," Bulletin of the Institute o[ Classical Studies (London, 1956).

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Kierkegaard's Pseudonyms

Chief investigator: Alastair T. McKinnon, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal, 2, Can. Associates: Norman Swartz, Roger Webster.

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Scope: 16 samples (400,000 words) from Kierkegaard's pseudonymous and "acknowledged" writings. Method: Various statistical comparisons of the pseudonymous works with the established Kierkegaard norm. Type of computer: IBM 7044. Size of storage: 32K, Language and level: rortaXAN IV. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 6 729 Model V, 3 729 Model G.

*P4.

Concordance to Kierkegaard's 8amlede Vaerker

Chief investigator: Alastair T. McKinnon, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal 2, Can. Associate: Roger Webster. Scope: Text of approx. 5,000 pages (Samlede Vaerker, 3rd ed.). Method: 1. Punch text. 2. R u n various proofreader programs. 3. Establish page and line correlations between the Danish 3rd ed. and the Danish second and the English, French and German translations. Type of computer: mM 7044. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: FORTRAN Iv. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 6 729 Model V, 3 729 Model G.

*PS.

Concordance to Wittgenstein's Philosophische Untersuchun.

gen Chief investigator: Alastair T. McKinnon, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal, 2, Can. Scope: Text of approx. 230 pp. (3rd ed.). Method: I. Punch text. 2. Proofread. Type of computer: IBM 7044. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: FORTRAN IV. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 6 729 Model V, 3 729 Model G.

*P6.

Theology on the Canadian Frontier

Chief investigator: Alastair T. McKinnon, Assoc. Professor, Dept, of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal, 2, Can. Associates: Arnold Smith, Koger Webster.

Scope: Data is 50 statistically typical hymns from the "Canadian frontier." Method: Writing of word counts and a line concordance to serve as a basis for an interpretative essay on the subject. Type of computer: IBM 7044. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: FORTRAN IV. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 6 729 Model V, 3 729 Model G.

Social Sciences Sll.

A Social History of Ward One, Cincinnati, Ohio

Chief investigator: Zane Miller, Assist. Professor, Dept. of History, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Associate: Guido A. Dobbert. Scope: Use of Census manuscripts 1850-1880 for Ward One. Method: 1. Transcription of entire entries, with preliminary coding for certain categories. 2. Keypunch. 3. Transfer to disk or tape. 4. Sort and statistical analysis. Type of computer: IBM 360/40. Size of storage: 64K. Language and level: FOR~AN IV, PL/1, BAL. NO. and type of disks: 2 2311 disk drives. Is program available? Will be by summer 1969.

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S13. The Charitable Impulse in Old and New England, 1660-1760: An Enquiry into the Origins of National Character Chief investigator: Kenneth A. Lockridge, Assist. Professor, Dept. of History, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, Ill. 60680. Method: Cross-tabulation of data abstracted from documentary sources. Project 50% complete. Type of computer: In process of changing computers and advancing method.

$30. Catalogue-Research System for the University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology Chief investigator: Mary Jane Schneider, Museum Technician, Museum of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. Scope: Archaeological and ethnological collections of the Museum of Anthropology, Method: Coding of items according to object, culture, location in storage, donor, etc., and then producing an index to the catalog card system. The index is produced by the Generalized Sorting System, which is part of the 7040 operating system. System is now in use by the Museum. We are hoping to add other Missouri museums to the catalog this summer. Type of computer: IBM 7040. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: FORTRANIV. Special equipment: 1050 tele-processor in Museum.

$43. Index Thomisticus Entry number changed to 1"1.

$47. Rose Bibliography Chief investigator: Clarence C. Mondale, Assoc. Professor of American Civilization, Dept. of English, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 200"06. Scope: Computer-stored index to publications related to American social, economic, and political thought published between 1865 and 1917. Data indicates author, title, citation, subject-matter information, geographical and chronological relevance, literary devices, abstracts of material, and notations of characteristics such as illustrations, statistics, and citations. Method: 1. Literature is indexed for subject matter and other pertinent data. 2. Keypunch. 3. Data is formatted on computer tapes. 4. Tapes are searched. 5. Results printed by computer. Type of computer: mg 360/40 (OS). No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 4 2400 tape drives (data files), 4 2311 disk drives. Special equipment: 1 2540 card reader-punch, 1 1403 printer.

*$50.

International Comparative Political Parties

Chief investigator: Kenneth Janda, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. 60201. Scope: 260 political parties in ninety foreign countries, information about these parties to be retrieved from available writings on party politics in each country, prepared for machine retrieval from microfilm. Method: 1. Read and index individual pages of material. 2. Keypunch index codes for computer

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tabulation. 3. Read index codes with modified IB~ 026 keypunch and record codes in binary form on microfilm next to corresponding pages. 4. Develop microfilm and search for desired codes to locate information. Type of computer: c0c 6400 and Eastman Kodak ~IRACOD~ System. Size of storage: 65~. Language and level: ~ORWe.nN.IS program available? Yes. References: "Political Research with MmACOD~: A 16ram. Microfilm Information Retrieval System," Social Science Information, VI (April-June, 1967), 169-81. *SS1. Treatment i n g Results

and Representation of Archaeological P r o s p e c t -

Chief investigator: Richard E. Linington, Technical Director, Sezione Prospezioni Archeologiche, Fondazione C. M. Lerici, Via Veneto 108, Roma, Italy I 00187. Scope: Improving the handling and interpretation of the results from prospecting (mainly geophysical). Similar project to that carried out in Bonn, but being developed independently at Rome. Method: 1. Punch survey results on cards or paper tape. 2. Check the punching (special program). 3. Transfer results to tape. 4. Where necessary apply mathematical treatment to results. 5. Print out results in plan form using characters or symbols. 6. Possibly use plotter if available for final result. Type of computer: IBM 360/40. Size of storage: 128K. Language and level: fORTRAN IV. IS program available? In process of being written (February 1968).

*$52. Changes and Continuity in Political Leadership: A Comparison of Four U. S. Congresses, 1820, 1860, 1900 and 1940 Chief investigator: Ari Hoogenboom, Professor of American History, Dept. of History, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. 16802. Associates: David Porter, Frank Tusa. Scope: Comparison of biographical data of congressmen; analysis of roll call votes on certain key issues by section and political party. Method: 1. Collect relevant data from Biographical Directory of American Congress. 2. Code the biographical data. 3. Keypunch. 4. Sort biographical data. 5. Cross-tabulate biographical data by controlling for political party and geographical region. Type of computer: IBM 360/67. Size of storage: 512K. Language and level: t O m , AN. Is program available? Yes. References: "Industrialism and Political Leadership: A Case Study of the United States Senate," The Age of Industrialism in America, ed. Frederick Jaher (New York: The Free Press, 1967), *$53. Zambia

Interaction and Content Analysis o f N o r t h e r n Legislative Debates

Rhodesia-

Chief investigator: James g. Scarritt, Assist. Professor, Dept of Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80302. Scope: Random sample from Northern Rhodesia-Zambia Legislative Debates 1959-67. Method: 1. Code interaction and themes. 2. Keypunch. 3. Sort by thematic categories. 4. Print in tabular form. Type of computer: coc 6400. Size of storage: 32K. Language a n d level: fORTRAN iV. NO. of disks: One disk. Is program available? Will be by fall 1968.

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*S54. Index of Australia Aboriginal Song Words Chief investigator: Alice M. Moyle, Research Fellow (Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies), Dept. of Music, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 3168. Associate: Georgette Silva. Scope: Segmented song texts which have appeared to date in writings on all aspects of Austra]ian Aboriginal culture (50,000 words). Method: 1. Edit for song region. 2. Transfer to tapes. 3. Make word index with page and source identification. Type of computer: ~ c 3200. Size of storage: 32I~. Language and level: rORaXAN. No. and type of tapes and disks: 4 tapes, 2 disks. Special equipment: 30" Incremental plotter. Is program available? Yes. References: See G15.

Visual Arts V6. A Hardware Independent Computer Drawing System: The Quick-draw Graphics System Chief investigator: Jeffrey F. Raskin, Associate in Music, University of California, San Diego. Mailing address: Box 109, La Jolla, Calif. 92037, Is program available? Yes. I will be glad to assist new implementations. References: "A Hardware Independent Computer Graphics System" (forthcoming in SICGRAPH Newsletter).

*V7. Dimensions of Film: An Experiment in the Application of Psychometric Methods to the Study of Film as Art Chief investigator: Mieczyslaw Choynowski, Director of the Psychometrical Laboratory of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw PKiN, Poland. Objective: The development of a quantitative method for the description, classification, and analysis of films from the psychological and aesthetical point of view. Scope and method: In the first stage of the project, presently under way, as many feature films as possible are being analysed with a check list of 372 terms describing, characterizing, and evaluating them. The collected data will be factor analysed in order to discover the basic dimensions of a film, whereupon the check list will be substantially shortened, and in the second stage a number of chosen prominent films, representing major film makers and major schools, will be analysed. Programs and computers: This project does not demand special programs. Standard programs for different methods of factor analysis and multidimensional scaling can be used with any computer which is able to handle large matrices of data.

*V8. Dimensions of Painting: An Experiment in the Applications of Psychometric Methods to the Study of Art Chief investigator: Mieczyslaw Choynowski, Director of the Psychometrical Laboratory of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw PKiN, Poland.

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Objective: The development of a quantitative method for the description, classification, and analysis of paintings. Scope and method: To date three sets of contemporary paintings (Polish and Western originals) were evaluated in a pilot study with three kinds of instruments (semantic differential, ranking in incomplete block designs, and judgments of similarity) by groups of artists and laymen. The analyses, already done and still to be done, comprise factor analyses and multidimensional scaling. Further collection of data with a revised instrument on samples of pictures representing various periods of Western Art is in preparation. Programs and computers: This project does not demand special programs. Standard programs for different methods of factor analysis and multidimensional scaling can be used with any computer which is able to handle large matrices of data. Re[erences: "Dimensions of Painting," Perceptual and Motor Skills, XXV (1967), 128; "Wymiary malarstwa [Dimensions of Painting], Studia Estetyczne, IV (1967), 199-232. A t t x i b u t i o n and Identification of Suspect Works of Art b y Computer-Oriented Pattern Recognition: To Include a Quantitative A n a l y s i s o f S t y l e *V9.

Chie[ investigator: Malcolm H. Preston, Professor of Fine Arts, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y. 11550. Associate: William G. Musgrave. Scope: To arrive at a system for quarttifying an artist's work, with respect to those highly individual characteristics which mark his "handwriting style." These characteristics, including such variables as slope, angles, main lines, proportions, retraces, etc., are being studied in relation to general characteristics to produce a "personal pattern" of an artist's production.

*V10.

Museum Computer Network

Chie[ investigator: Everett Ellin, Executive Director, Museum Computer Network, 27 W. 53rd St., New York, N.Y. 10019. Associates: William D. Wilkinson, Allan D. Chapman, Frederick J. Dockstader, Richard H. Koch, Jack Heller. Scope: Establishing a central computerized archive of the principal art resources of the United States (including both museum and leading private collections), with an associated communications network. Method: 1. Create a data base containing the descriptions of some 15,000 objects and translate same into machine-readable form. 2. Using this data base, write programs for the storage and retrieval of information pertaining to the description of art objects. 3. Assemble data bank. 4. Test communications techniques required for the operation of a network of terminals. Type o[ computer: IBM 360/20 presently in use but IBM 360/50 envisioned. Is program available? Hope to have by summer of 1969. Re[erences: "The Electronic Museum," Newsweek (Dec. 25, 1967), 42; "16 Museums to Study Computer Archive of Art," The New York Times (Dec. 9, 1967), 44.

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