#116486 - 11/24/03 03:57 PM
Annotations: a question
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Carpal Tunnel
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I'd like to hear your opinions about annotations. It has been my experience that annotated copies of, say, the Bible, Mother Goose, and even Dracula have been texts with notes added to explain everything from etymology of certain terms used in the text to historical context. If I buy an annotated version of a novel, I expect to gain the benefit of someone's else's in-depth research.
[I will get to the question in a second; I'm warming up here.]
In the last couple of weeks, I've come across a usage of annotation that doesn't fit my own understanding of the term--and, yes, I've checked Webster's online and still don't like how the term was used. Here goes:
Students were asked to copy out bibliographical information about a favorite novel, and then they were asked to write a 3-sentence 'summary' of the novel to go on a bibliographical card. The librarians called the '3-sentence summary' on the card itself an annotation--and that's what I don't see as an annotation at all.
Would you use 'summary' and 'annotation' as synonyms here? I wouldn't--and I balk at using the term 'annotation'--however, I stand to be corrected if necessary.
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#116488 - 11/24/03 06:49 PM
Re: Annotations: a question
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/27/02
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Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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I've only ever used it as an attachment to a text not a summary of it.
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#116489 - 11/25/03 08:59 AM
Re: Annotations: a question
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 11/25/00
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Loc: New England, USA
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Every job or profession has its jargon.
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#116491 - 11/25/03 01:00 PM
Re: Annotations: a question
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Carpal Tunnel
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Thanks, birdseed and wow. That pretty much explains the problem--and solution: terms of art.
Birdseed's use of the phrase 'annotated bibliography' sent me to onelook.com--and that sent me to a librarians' lexicon. Here's the definition:
"In a more general sense, any brief explanatory or descriptive comment added to a document, text, catalog entry, etc. In a critical annotation, the commentary is evaluative. Also refers to the process of annotating a document or an entry in a bibliography or catalog."
Thanks again. Live and learn, my motto.
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#116493 - 11/25/03 02:30 PM
Re: Annotations: a question
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journeyman
Registered: 11/22/03
Posts: 81
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Hmm, do you mean...
Also refers to the process of annotating a document or an entry in a bibliography or catalog
Also refers to: (the process of annotating a document) or (an entry in a bibliography or catalog)
so either (i) a process, or (ii) an entry
or
Also refers to: the process of annotating: (a document) or (an entry in a bibliography or catalog)
where you annotate (i) a document, or (ii) an entry
but not
Also refers to: the process of: (annotating: a document) or (an entry in a bibliography or catalog)
since you can have (i) a process of annotating, but not (ii) a process of an entry
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