The Dynamic Lexicon: Cyberinfrastructure and the Automatic Analysis of Historical Languages

Recipient: Crane, Gregory R (Medford, MA 02155-5500 USA) in affiliation with Tufts University (Medford, MA 02155 USA)

Goal: Research on methods to generate a dynamic lexicon for a text corpus in a digital library. Using Greek and Latin texts, the project would investigate processes to enumerate possible senses for the words being defined and provide detailed syntactic information and statistical data about their use in a corpus.

Description: We propose to research core functions for the automatic analysis of historical languages (Greek & Latin) within an emerging cyberinfrastructure; we will research three technologies for building a dynamic lexicon, as well as the processes required to automatically create such a reference work for any textual collection. Our efforts will focus on parallel text analysis ? word sense induction and disambiguation ? as well as syntactic parsing. These technologies will enable us to create a reference work that lists the possible senses for a word while also providing syntactic information and statistical data about its use in a corpus. The methods we use to create this work will let users search a text not only by word form, but also by word sense, syntactic subcategorization and selectional preference. Our main contribution will be the steps that any digital library needs to take to dynamically create a reference work of their own and interface it with the texts in their collection.

Grant: 189596 / PR-50013-08,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation and Access Research and Development,   Year Awarded: 2008

Fellowships at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Institute in Munich

Recipient: Coleman, Kathleen M (Cambridge, MA 02138 USA) in affiliation with American Philological Association (Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304 USA)

Goal: One humanities fellowship a year for each of three years.

Description: The American Philological Association (APA) seeks to continue a project in operation since 1984: a fellowship program that enables American scholars to participate in a unique international collaborative research project at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL) Institute in Munich. The TLL has been described by the Encyclopedia Britannica as "probably the most scholarly dictionary in the world". Each Fellow has the opportunity to conduct research and write articles for the TLL, to broaden his or her vision of the ancient world, and to work with senior scholars in the field of Latin lexicography. The TLL has been and remains an indispensable reference work for humanities scholars of the ancient and medieval worlds.

Grant: 174615 / RA-50034-05,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions,   Year Awarded: 2005

Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Institute

Recipient: Coleman, Kathleen M (Cambridge, MA 02138 USA) in affiliation with American Philological Association (Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304 USA)

Goal: To support one fellowship at the Thesaurus Institute in Munich, Germany, each year for three years.

Grant: 159066 / RA-20203-99,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions,   Year Awarded: 1999

Fellowships at the Thesaurus Institute in Munich

Recipient: Sinclair, Patrick (Irvine, CA 92697-2000 USA) in affiliation with American Philological Association (Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304 USA)

Goal: To support fellowships in the humanities.

Grant: 159042 / RA-20179-96,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions,   Year Awarded: 1996

An On-Line Lexicon for Classical Greek

Recipient: Crane, Gregory R (Medford, MA 02155-5500 USA) in affiliation with Tufts University (Medford, MA 02155 USA)

Goal: To support the creation of a database of standard reference works on the ancient Greek language and literature, to be linked to the electronic THESAURUS LINGUAE GRAECAE and published on CD-ROM and the Internet.

Grant: 161390 / RT-21620-94,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Reference Materials - Tools,   Year Awarded: 1994

An Anthology of Latin Commentaries on the Apocalypse of John

Recipient: Ford, Josephine M (South Bend, IN 46637 USA) in affiliation with University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA)

Goal: To support the translation of selected texts from Latin commentaries on the Apocalypse of John, written between the first and the 13th centuries.

Grant: 160248 / RL-22114-94,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Translations,   Year Awarded: 1994

Fellowships at the THESAURUS LINGUAE LATINAE

Recipient: McKeown, James C (New York, NY 10003 USA) in affiliation with American Philological Association (Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304 USA)

Goal: To support one fellowship at the Institute of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae in Munich, Germany, each year for two years.

Grant: 159033 / RA-20160-94,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions,   Year Awarded: 1994

The World of Homer and the World of Socrates

Recipient: Reid, Peter L (Medford, MA 02155-0000 USA) in affiliation with Tufts University (Medford, MA 02155 USA)

Goal: To support two four-week national summer institutes for 36 teachers of Latin and other humanities disciplines on the language and culture of ancient Greece in the Age of Homer and the Age of Socrates.

Grant: 143445 / ES-22405-92,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1992

Fellowships at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae

Recipient: Shailor, Barbara A (New Haven, CT 06520-8365 USA) in affiliation with American Philological Association (Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304 USA)

Goal: To support one fellowship at the Institute of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae in Munich, Germany.

Grant: 159013 / RA-20110-92,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions,   Year Awarded: 1992

Fellowships at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae

Recipient: Tarrant, Richard J (Cambridge, MA 02138 USA) in affiliation with American Philological Association (Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304 USA)

Goal: To support one fellow at the THESAURUS LINGUAE LATINAE project in Munich.

Grant: 158992 / RA-20060-90,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions,   Year Awarded: 1990

Masterworks Project in Roman Comedy

Recipient: Trapp, Richard L (San Francisco, CA 94132 USA) in affiliation with San Francisco State University Foundation Inc.

Goal: To support a masterwork project that will involve three weeks and six weekends of study in Roman comedy for 12 California Latin teachers.

Grant: 143290 / ES-21739-89,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1989

Homer's ILIAD and ODYSSEY

Recipient: Mueller, Martin (Evanston, IL 60208-2240 USA) in affiliation with Northwestern University (Evanston, IL 60208 USA)

Grant: 154214 / FV-21041-89,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1989

Myth and its Transformations: Ovid's METAMORPHOSES

Recipient: Wilhelm, Robert M (Oxford, OH 45056 USA) in affiliation with Miami University, Oxford

Goal: To support a four-week national institute on classical mythology for 40 elementary and secondary school teachers.

Grant: 143251 / ES-21610-88,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1988

Theophrastus: Edition, Translation, Commentaries

Recipient: Fortenbaugh, William W (New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0000 USA) in affiliation with Rutgers University, New Brunswick (New Brunswick, NJ 08903 USA)

Goal: To support the final editing of the 1,500 major identified fragments of the writings of Theophrastus, who was largely responsible for preserving the know- ledge of Aristotle that was transmitted to Western Europe.

Grant: 160054 / RL-21021-88,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Translations,   Year Awarded: 1988

Conference on the Computerization of L'ANNEE PHILOLOGIQUE

Recipient: Bolter, Jay D (Atlanta, GA 30332-0165 USA) in affiliation with University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA)

Goal: To support a conference to plan for the computerization of L'ANNEE PHILOLOGIQUE.

Grant: 159214 / RC-21637-88,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Reference Materials - Access,   Year Awarded: 1988

A Commentary on Plutarch's PERICLES, by Philip A. Stadter

Recipient: Bateman, Lewis A (Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA) in affiliation with University of North Carolina Press

Goal: To support the publication of a commentary on Plutarch's PERICLES.

Grant: 160788 / RP-21115-88,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Scholarly Publications,   Year Awarded: 1988

L'Annee Philologique (American Office) [APH]

Recipient: Stephens, Laurence D (Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA) in affiliation with University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Goal: To support the preparation of the American contribution to three volumes of L'ANNEE PHILOLOGIQUE, the annual international bibliography of classical studies.

Grant: 159156 / RC-21327-87,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Reference Materials - Access,   Year Awarded: 1987

The Family in Classical and Hellenistic Greece

Recipient: Pomeroy, Sarah B (New York, NY 10024-0000 USA) in affiliation with CUNY Research Foundation, Graduate School and University Center (New York, NY 10016-4309 USA)

Grant: 129706 / FS-21618-87,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for College Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1987

Fellowships at the THESAURUS LINGUAE LATINAE Project

Recipient: Tarrant, Richard J (Cambridge, MA 02138 USA) in affiliation with American Philological Association (Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304 USA)

Goal: To support an American scholar for a year at the THESAURUS LINGUAE LATINAE project in Munich.

Grant: 158972 / RA-20004-87,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions,   Year Awarded: 1987

Novus Ordo Seclorum: Vergil's Rome and the American Experience

Recipient: Wiltshire, Susan Ford (Nashville, TN 37235-0000 USA) in affiliation with Vergilian Society of America (College Park, MD 20742 USA)

Goal: To support a four-day program of public lectures and tours in Washington, D.C.,designed to examine ways in which Americans have drawn on the art, architec- ture, literature, and political thought of Rome.

Grant: 157122 / GP-21381-87,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: Special Projects,   Year Awarded: 1987