Corpus of English Texts on Astronomy (CETA)

Abstract

To use the Corpus of English Texts on Astronomy (CETA) you must download the software Coruña Corpus Tool (http://hdl.handle.net/2183/21850). The Corpus of English Texts on Astronomy (CETA) is part of the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing (CC). As a specialised corpus, CETA has been compiled for the description of English Astronomy writing between 1700 and 1900, from a synchronic and diachronic perspective. All text files in CETA are accompanied by a metadata file with extensive information about the text sampled and its author's sociolinguistic background. Samples can be filtered according to certain parameters contained in the metadata files This is a re-issue of CETA, first published on CD-Rom by John Benjamins as a companion to the volume: Moskowich, Isabel and Crespo, Begoña (eds.), 2012, "Astronomy Playne and Simple". The writing of science between 1700 and 1900. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/z.173 Please note this present license applies to the re-issued Corpus only, and NOT to the book accompanying it. The corpus was compiled also thanks to the collaboration of the following people: Nuria Bello Piñón, María José Esteve Ramos, Marta González Orta, Irma González Souto, Emma Lezcano González, Paula Lojo Sandino. Para usar o Corpus of English Texts on Astronomy (CETA), debe descargar o software Coruña Corpus Tool (http://hdl.handle.net/2183/21850).