Irina Azarova is an Associate Professor in Mathematical Linguistics at Saint Petersburg State University, Russia. Research Interests: computer lexicography, corpus analysis, and lexical corpus statistics.
The St Petersburg Corpus of Hagiographic Texts (SCAT) has launched two new mark-up formats. The first innovation is the comprehensive format developed for the division of hagiographic texts into parts, which are both explicitly marked as section headings and extrapolated through comparison with texts of the similar genre. The second innovation is an elaborate format representing the full range of various types of biblical, patristic and liturgical quotations occurring in the lives of saints. For the time being, three morphologically annotated manuscript texts have been marked up according to these guidelines, and we are planning to add two more texts in the near future. Close cooperation with the IHRIM research laboratory (Lyon) and wide use of their techniques and technology makes it possible to obtain some illuminating cross- format statistical data and thus offer new insights into the canons and rules of the Old Russian hagiography.
Subject: Digital humanities Keywords: diachronic text corpus Old Russian hagiography TXM technology content structuring Biblical quotationsCopyright © 2025. All rights reserved.