In this research, we focus on spatial analysis and natural language processing (NLP) techniques to find two elements: “Where (Location)” and “When (Time)” in the biographical data. By linking and showing the extracted information via a GIS system, we built a spatiotemporal system for scholars to study historical issues from different perspec…[Read more]

Since their local separation in the 18th century, the French language variety in Canadian Québec (FQ) and the varieties spoken in the French Hexagon (FH) developed independently. As a result, their literary texts are marked by linguistic singularities especially present in the lexicon. Meanwhile in the digital literary studies, innovative methods…[Read more]

Oupoco (L’ouvroir de poésie combinatoire) is a project taking inspiration from Raymond Queneau’s book “Cent mille mille milliards de poèmes”, published in 1961. Queneau’s book is a collection of ten sonnets which verses can be freely recombined to form new poems. It would be tempting to develop a computer-based version of Queneau’s work, but Que…[Read more]

Art market studies have long relied on econometrics to explain the prices of works through a series of variables, such as the dimensions of the work, its medium, its date, whether or not its creator is alive, etc. However, this quantitative analysis fails to measure the qualitative opinion on the work, that can be found in exhibition or auction…[Read more]

Mandarin nominals may appear bare or non-bare in various positions with different interpretations. Questions arise as to how Mandarin-speaking children interpret bare nominals, given that bare nominals can have various interpretations. On the other hand, how do they interpret non-bare nominals, such as demonstrative nominals? This experimental…[Read more]