Golden Age Literature Glossary Online
GALGO
A Sociolinguistic Visualization of Cultural Markers
¡Bienvenid@s a GALGO!
This digital platform offers readers of literary works from the 16th and 17th centuries an opportunity to unlock the meanings of select keywords and gain insight into the complex, idiosyncratic vocabulary of the Spanish Golden Age. GALGO is a searchable Spanish-English glossary that provides definitions and analysis of pivotal terms that reflect important linguistic and cultural concepts of the early modern period.
A Framework for Reading
An accessible analytical framework based on M.A.K. Halliday's social semiotic theory of language exposes each usage of a keyword as a reflection of the cultural environment, the social structure, and the linguistic system. GALGO's multilayered design allows users to trace the different definitions of a word within a work and across all works in the database.
Projects
Shakespeare Study
How does Shakespeare use and shape language? How does word use evolve over the text? How does Shakespeare alter ideas and words that are used in later texts, and in modern writing?This project draws on texts from the Folger Shakespeare libraries. https://www.folger.edu/
Golden Age Spanish Glossary
A digital platform offering readers of literary works from the 16th and 17th centuries an opportunity to unlock the meanings of select keywords and gain insight into the complex, idiosyncratic vocabulary of the Spanish Golden Age.