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Computer-assisted Quantitative Textual Comparison of Several Manuscripts and Caxton's Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24520289
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Literature in English
Research InstitutionHiroshima University

Principal Investigator

JIMURA Akiyuki  広島大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (00131409)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NAKAO Yoshiyuki  広島大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (10136153)
KAWANO Noriyuki  広島大学, 平和科学研究センター, 教授 (30304463)
SATOH Kenichi  広島大学, 原爆放射線医科学研究所, 准教授 (30284219)
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywordsチョーサー / 『カンタベリー物語』 / Hengwrt写本 / Ellesmere写本 / キャクストン版(初版) / キャクストン版(第2版) / コンピュータ / 計量的比較 / キャクストン版(初版) / キャクストン版(第2版) / Blake版とBenson版 / キャクストン版(第2版)
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our project is to make a computer-assisted comprehensive textual comparison among the Hengwrt (Hg) and Ellesmere (El) Manuscripts of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and the two edited texts based on them, Blake (BL: 1980), which is faithfully reconstructed from Hg, and Benson (BN: 1987), which is mainly based on El. Caxton’s editions (X1 [c1476] and X2 [c1482]) are added in this textual comparison. The comparison is expected to contribute a great deal to the textual criticism of Chaucer. We have investigated the ways in which the linguistic features of these two manuscripts have been transmitted through the printed texts of Chaucer’s works. We have explored some of the systematic differences between the two manuscripts and the edited/printed texts, using statistical methods. Our comparative concordance has been intended to offer highly important data in this international scholarly field.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2015 2014 2013 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Invited: 2 results) Book (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Choice and Psychology of Negation in Chaucer's Language: Syntactic, Lexical, Semantic Negative Choice with Evidence from the Hengwrt and Ellesmere MSs and the Two Editions of the Canterbury Tales2015

    • Author(s)
      Yoshiyuki Nakao, Akiyuki Jimura and Noriyuki Kawano
    • Journal Title

      英語英文学研究

      Volume: 59 Pages: 1-34

    • NAID

      120005572660

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Some Notes on Idiomatic Expressions in the History of English: With Special Reference to 'meat and drink'2014

    • Author(s)
      Akiyuki Jimura
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Middle and Modern English: Historical Change (Studies in the History of the English Language, 4)

      Volume: 4 Pages: 115-132

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Chaucer's Imaginative and Metaphorical Description of Nature2013

    • Author(s)
      Akiyuki Jimura
    • Journal Title

      Chaucer's Language: Cognitive Perspective (Studies in the History of the English Language, 2013-B)

      Volume: 3 Pages: 27-45

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Chaucer’s Imaginative and Metaphorical Description2013

    • Author(s)
      Akiyuki Jimura
    • Journal Title

      Chaucer's Language: Cognitive Perspectives (Studies in the History of the English Language, 2013-B)

      Volume: 3 Pages: 27-46

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] A Computer-assisted Textual Comparison among the Manuscripts and the Editions of The Canterbury Tales: With Special Reference to Caxton’s Editions2014

    • Author(s)
      Akiyuki Jimura, Yoshiyuki Nakao, Noriyuki Kawano, Kenichi Satoh
    • Organizer
      The 19th Congress of the New Chaucer Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Reykjavik, Iceland
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-18
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Choice and Psychology of Negation in Chaucer’s Language: Syntactic, Lexical, Semantic Negative Choice with Evidence from the Hengwrt and Ellesmere MSs and the Two Editions of the Canterbury Tales

    • Author(s)
      Yoshiyuki Nakao, Akiyuki Jimura, and Noriyuki Kawano
    • Organizer
      The 18th Congress of the New Chaucer Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Idiomatic Expressions in the History of English: From Chaucer to Dickens

    • Author(s)
      Akiyuki Jimura
    • Organizer
      中国対外経済貿易大学特別講演
    • Place of Presentation
      中国 北京 対外経済貿易大学 英語学院
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] Studies in Middle and Modern English: Historical Change2014

    • Author(s)
      Eds. Yoko Iyeiri and Jennifer Smith
    • Total Pages
      156
    • Publisher
      Osaka Books Ltd
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Language and Style in English Literature2014

    • Author(s)
      Eds. Ken Nakagawa, Akiyuki Jimura & Osamu
    • Total Pages
      350
    • Publisher
      Peter Lang
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Chaucer's Language: Cognitive Perspectives2013

    • Author(s)
      Eds. Yoshiyuki Nakao and Yoko Iyeiri
    • Total Pages
      151
    • Publisher
      Osaka Books Ltd
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Chaucer's Language: Cognitive Perspectives (Studies in the History of the English Language, 2013-B)2013

    • Author(s)
      Eds. Yoshiyuki Nakao & Yoko Iyeiri
    • Total Pages
      150
    • Publisher
      Osaka Books Ltd
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Language and Style in English Literature2013

    • Author(s)
      Eds. Ken Nakagawa, Akiyuki Jimura & Osamu Imahayashi
    • Total Pages
      350
    • Publisher
      Peter Lang
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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