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universe of discourse.
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These are grouped into some 85 taxonomical domains (for
further explanations, see the following chapter, section 13.3). Each taxonomical
domain contains two functionally different categories of terms:
‒
a
first category
of conceptual terms which primarily serve to organize the
taxonomic domain;
‒
and a
second category
of conceptual terms which essentially serve to identify
the type of knowledge objects which are thematizable in the audiovisual discourse of
an audiovisual text or corpus being analyzed.
To these two first categories of conceptual terms we have to add a
third
category
, whose main function is to position and hierarchize the taxonomical
domains themselves.
This accounts for the fact that of the 1,100 conceptual terms making up the
current version (late 2011) of this meta-lexicon, barely half (i.e. between 500 and
550 conceptual terms) are truly pertinent in the construction of the descriptive
models, i.e. of the models the analyst uses in order to process an audiovisual corpus.
The remaining conceptual terms fulfill an organizational function, helping to
structure the meta-lexicon or a specific taxonomic domain, rather than a genuinely
descriptive function.
Today, the meta-lexicon of conceptual terms representing analytical objects in
the ASW universe of discourse includes:
‒
some
30conceptualterms
from the branch [Object “Spatial region”] which can
be used to describe places, expanses, natural topography, regions and territories, etc.
For describing the audiovisual corpora which make up the archives of the ASW-
HSS project
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, we currently use no more than fifteen of these conceptual terms;
‒
some
25 conceptual terms
from the branch [Object “Temporal region”] which
can be used to describe periods, dates or events. For the moment, only about 18
conceptual terms from this group are really used in the models of description;
‒
some
75 conceptual terms
from the branch [Object “Perdurant”] which enable
us to describe activities, intentional or causal processes, social practices and states or
13 That is, in the current version (last updated at the end of November 2011).
14 Remember that this project comprises first the three archives, CCA, LHE and ArkWork
(which constitute the main workshops of the experimental activities for this project) and then
the FMSH-ARA archives (devoted to the scientific heritage of the Fondation Maison des
Sciences de l'Homme in Paris) and AICH (dedicated to Andean intangible cultural heritage).
For further information, see the experimental portal: http://semiolive.ext.msh-paris.fr/asa-shs/,
and the research log of the ASW-HSS project: http://asashs.hypotheses.org/.
