The "Corpus histórico del español de Costa Rica" ("COHIECOS"). On the path to digitization

Abstract

The objective of this article is to describe the development of the Corpus histórico del español de Costa Rica (COHIECOS), a project aimed at compiling and analyzing colonial Costa Rican documents to investigate the history of Spanish in this region. Along with outlining the features of the corpus, the article details the advantages and disadvantages of the platforms used for document processing, such as the use of Transkribus for transcription and tagging. In this regard, the importance of efficiently visualizing and accessing the documents is emphasized, which is addressed through the digitization of the corpus in TEITOK. The conclusion provides an overview of the work carried out so far, the use of digital platforms, and the potential for integrating this corpus into larger projects.