Digital Approaches to Akkadian Semantic Analysis : A Case Study on the ‘Foreign Other’

The current trend for open data allows online access to thousands of Akkadian texts. This substantially changes the way, linguistic, philological, and socio-historical research on ancient West Asia is undertaken. One outcome of the easy access is a much decreased usage of the major Akkadian dictiona...

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Autor principal: Wasmuth, Melanie
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2025
Materias:
Lexico
Metodología
Herramientas en línea
Extranjero
Dominio semantico
Acadio
Lexicon
Methodology
Online Tools
Foreign Other
Semantic Domain
Akkadian
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spelling I15-R225-article-1702025-12-20T17:53:37Z Digital Approaches to Akkadian Semantic Analysis : A Case Study on the ‘Foreign Other’ Enfoques digitales para el análisis semántico del acadio: un estudio de caso sobre el ‘otro extranjero’ Wasmuth, Melanie Lexico Metodología Herramientas en línea Extranjero Dominio semantico Acadio Lexicon Methodology Online Tools Foreign Other Semantic Domain Akkadian The current trend for open data allows online access to thousands of Akkadian texts. This substantially changes the way, linguistic, philological, and socio-historical research on ancient West Asia is undertaken. One outcome of the easy access is a much decreased usage of the major Akkadian dictionaries. Based on a specific case study, the semantic field of ‘the foreign other,’ I showcase the immense potential of the digitized versions of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (CAD) and the Akkadisches Handwörterbuch (AHw) for accessing ancient data on socio-historical issues. Even a basic search including one feedback loop yields more than 80 different way of expressing ‘foreign otherness’ via synonymic lexemes, negated antonyms, compounds and circumscriptions as well as structural means and oblique references. However, the workflow for accessing the dictionary data is exceedingly labourious in its currently available print and digitized formats. Here, the currently available online tools have many advantages, especially regarding performance issues, in part also with regard to content access. By exemplifying the advantages and limitations of the various online tools and the potential of using them in tandem with the major dictionaries, I highlight how the combination of the various assets could benefit the design of the new digital Leipzig Akkadian Dictionary. La tendencia actual hacia los datos abiertos permite el acceso en línea a miles de textos acadios. Esto cambia sustancialmente la forma en que se lleva a cabo la investigación lingüística, filológica y socio-histórica sobre la antigua Asia occidental. Una de las consecuencias de este fácil acceso es una disminución considerable del uso de los principales diccionarios de acadio. Basándome en un estudio de caso específico, el campo semántico de ‘el otro extranjero’, muestro el inmenso potencial de las versiones digitalizadas del Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (CAD) y el Akkadisches Handwörterbuch (AHw) para acceder a datos antiguos sobre cuestiones socio-históricas. Incluso una búsqueda básica, que incluye un ciclo de retroalimentación, arroja más de 80 formas diferentes de expresar la ‘otredad extranjera’ a través de lexemas sinónimos, antónimos negados, compuestos y circunloquios, así como a través de medios estructurales y referencias indirectas. Sin embargo, el proceso de acceso a los datos de los diccionarios es extremadamente laborioso en sus formatos disponibles, tanto impresos como digitalizados. En este sentido, las herramientas en línea actualmente disponibles presentan numerosas ventajas, especialmente en lo que respecta al rendimiento, y en parte también al acceso al contenido. Al ejemplificar las ventajas y limitaciones de las diversas herramientas en línea y el potencial de su uso en conjunto con los principales diccionarios, destaco cómo la combinación de los diversos activos podría beneficiar el diseño del nuevo Leipzig Akkadian Dictionary digital. Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2025-12-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://claroscuro.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/170 10.35305/cl.vi24.170 Claroscuro. Revista del Centro de Estudios sobre Diversidad Cultural; No. 24 (2025): In search of meaning: Studies on the Akkadian lexicon; 1-59 Claroscuro. Revista del Centro de Estudios sobre Diversidad Cultural; Núm. 24 (2025): En busca de significado: Estudios sobre el léxico acadio; 1-59 2314-0542 eng https://claroscuro.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/170/180 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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Metodología
Herramientas en línea
Extranjero
Dominio semantico
Acadio
Lexicon
Methodology
Online Tools
Foreign Other
Semantic Domain
Akkadian
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Metodología
Herramientas en línea
Extranjero
Dominio semantico
Acadio
Lexicon
Methodology
Online Tools
Foreign Other
Semantic Domain
Akkadian
Wasmuth, Melanie
Digital Approaches to Akkadian Semantic Analysis : A Case Study on the ‘Foreign Other’
topic_facet Lexico
Metodología
Herramientas en línea
Extranjero
Dominio semantico
Acadio
Lexicon
Methodology
Online Tools
Foreign Other
Semantic Domain
Akkadian
author Wasmuth, Melanie
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title Digital Approaches to Akkadian Semantic Analysis : A Case Study on the ‘Foreign Other’
title_short Digital Approaches to Akkadian Semantic Analysis : A Case Study on the ‘Foreign Other’
title_full Digital Approaches to Akkadian Semantic Analysis : A Case Study on the ‘Foreign Other’
title_fullStr Digital Approaches to Akkadian Semantic Analysis : A Case Study on the ‘Foreign Other’
title_full_unstemmed Digital Approaches to Akkadian Semantic Analysis : A Case Study on the ‘Foreign Other’
title_sort digital approaches to akkadian semantic analysis : a case study on the ‘foreign other’
description The current trend for open data allows online access to thousands of Akkadian texts. This substantially changes the way, linguistic, philological, and socio-historical research on ancient West Asia is undertaken. One outcome of the easy access is a much decreased usage of the major Akkadian dictionaries. Based on a specific case study, the semantic field of ‘the foreign other,’ I showcase the immense potential of the digitized versions of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (CAD) and the Akkadisches Handwörterbuch (AHw) for accessing ancient data on socio-historical issues. Even a basic search including one feedback loop yields more than 80 different way of expressing ‘foreign otherness’ via synonymic lexemes, negated antonyms, compounds and circumscriptions as well as structural means and oblique references. However, the workflow for accessing the dictionary data is exceedingly labourious in its currently available print and digitized formats. Here, the currently available online tools have many advantages, especially regarding performance issues, in part also with regard to content access. By exemplifying the advantages and limitations of the various online tools and the potential of using them in tandem with the major dictionaries, I highlight how the combination of the various assets could benefit the design of the new digital Leipzig Akkadian Dictionary.
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