DH-Lunch: Digital collection of the Norwegian language from the runic inscriptions until 1814
Norchron - Norwegian diachronic corpus is a research project that aims to build a digital text collection covering the development of the Norwegian language from the runic inscriptions until 1814.
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About Norchron
Norwegian Diachronic Corpus (Norchron) is a research project that aims to build up a digital text collection that covers the development of the Norwegian language from the runic inscriptions up to 1814. The project is led by Humit – Centre for Digital Development at the University of Oslo – and has received support from the Research Council of Norway.
A corpus is a digital collection of texts that captures instances of linguistic expression. Corporas provide a picture of natural language use, and can be used as a basis for research. In Norchron, the texts will be analyzed grammatically, localized, and made available to both researchers and the general public. Many of the texts are already available in digital formats, but are scattered in different places and in different formats. Other texts require more detailed philological processing before they can be published.
Norchron fills an important gap in existing corpus resources by offering a historical dimension that has previously been lacking. The project will create a historical corpus of the Norwegian language from the runic inscriptions up to 1814.
Presented by Dag Trygve Truslew Haug
Norchron is presented by Dag Trygve Truslew Haug. He is a professor of linguistics and classical languages at the University of Oslo, with a background in Greek, Latin and historical linguistics. He has published widely in formal semantics, syntax and digital humanities, and is now head of the Centre for Digital Development at the Faculty of Humanities. Haug has received several research awards, including the Nils Klim Prize, and has been central in the development of corpus resources for ancient Indo-European languages.
More information about the Norchron project.
The talk will be held in Norwegian.
The DH Lecture Series
The DH Lecture Series is a collaboration between the Digital Lab at the University of Bergen Library, the D-lab at NTNU and the Norwegian Network for Digital Humanities and Cultural Organization (DHKO). The lecture series addresses DH-related topics, and gives researchers and others involved in DH projects or research the opportunity to share their experiences, successes and challenges related to the use of digital tools and/or methods.
Do you have suggestions for topics you would like to hear more about, or are you working on something that you would like to share in a lecture? Do not hesitate to contact us organizers by e-mail.
In the autumn of 2025, you can attend digital DH lectures on the following dates and times:
Thursday the 25th of September at 11.30-12.00AM
Thursday the 23rd of October at 11.30-12.00AM
Thursday the 27th of November at 11.30-12.00AM
Follow the Digital Lab's calendar for more information about each individual lecture.