[DCRM-L] RE: Reconsidering digraphs

[Wickenden Jane]

My feeling is that digraphs make a new letter in the same way that a
diphthong makes a new sound.  So I come down with you on the content
side, Deborah.

 

Regards

 

Jane

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: dcrm-l-admin at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-admin at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
Sent: 22 February 2005 14:33
To: dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
Subject: [DCRM-L] Reconsidering digraphs

 

Dear cataloging colleagues,

 

<<snip>>

 

At its most basic level, the DCRM transcription principle is to
transcribe the content, but not the form, of printed text. Thus, we
retain archaic and incorrect spellings, but normalize capitalization and
line endings -- the former being content, the latter form. The digraph
question comes down to this: do digraphs represent content (does their
joining together actually create a new letter) or do they represent form
(just a conventional way of writing these combinations of letters)? We
as a group are leaning more toward the consideration of digraphs as
content. What do you think? 

 

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Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.
Head of Cataloging
Folger Shakespeare Library
djleslie at folger.edu
http://www.folger.edu

 

 

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