Antiquity Studies

Perceptual, Grammatical and Hermeneutical Dimensions of Digitality

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Abstract

Taking the work on the graphemic and morphemic analysis of the cuneiform texts of Ebla as a starting point, the paper reviews the ‘grammatical’ criteria that make digital coding not only more efficient and dynamic, but also intellectually more in tune with the goal of establishing an argument and unfolding a narrative. This throws light on aspects of software application on the one hand (such as the semantic web) and of the digital humanities on the other, ranging from textual to archaeological data.


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Submitted: Aug. 14, 2017 | Published Nov. 29, 2017 | Language: en

Keywords Digital thought • Digitality • Semantic web • Prehistory • Grammar • Narrative • Hermeneutics • Perception

Copyright © 2017 Giorgio Buccellati. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/6969-182-9/ANT-14-12


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