Change of Writing Style with Time.
This study investigates the writing style change of two Turkish authors, Çetin Altan and Yasar Kemal, in their old and new works using respectively their newspaper columns and novels. The style markers are the frequencies of word lengths in both text and vocabulary, and the rate of usage of most fre...
| Published in: | Computers & the Humanities Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 61 - 83 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=16898898&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 16898898 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00104817 CHM jtl: Computers & the Humanities issn: 00104817 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2004 vid: 38 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 16898898 10.1023/B:CHUM.0000009225.28847.77 ppf: 61 ppct: 22 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 130KB tig: atl: Change of Writing Style with Time. aug: au: Can, Fazli Patton, Jon M. affil: Computer Science and Systems Analysis Department, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA. Miami Computing and Information Services Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA. su: Writing Turkish authors Altan, Çetin, 1927-2015 Yaşar Kemal, 1922 or 1923-2015 Newspaper sections, columns, etc. Fiction sug: subj: Writing Turkish authors Altan, Çetin, 1927-2015 Yaşar Kemal, 1922 or 1923-2015 Newspaper sections, columns, etc. Fiction keyword: agglutinative languages authorship attribution statistical analysis stylochoronometry stylometry Turkish ab: This study investigates the writing style change of two Turkish authors, Çetin Altan and Yasar Kemal, in their old and new works using respectively their newspaper columns and novels. The style markers are the frequencies of word lengths in both text and vocabulary, and the rate of usage of most frequent words. For both authors, t-tests and logistic regressions show that the length of the words in new works is significantly longer than that of the old. The principal component analyses graphically illustrate the separation between old and new texts. The works are correctly categorized as old or new with 75 to 100% accuracy and 92% average accuracy using discriminant analysis-based cross validation. The results imply higher time gap may have positive impact in separation and categorization. For Altan a regression analysis demonstrates a decrease in average word length as the age of his column increases. One interesting observation is that for one word each author has similar preference changes over time. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Computers & the Humanities is a copyright of Springer, 2004. All Rights Reserved. item: Computers & the Humanities holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2004 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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