Quantitative Analysis of Poetic Texts

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-11-033605-4
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 67, 280 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 587 g

Reihe: Quantitative Linguistics [QL]

The book presents methods for the objective analysis of poetic language. Common objects of literary studies such as rhythm, semantic explications, interpretation and personal impressions are avoided. Only those properties of poetic texts are taken into account that could be quantified. The major chapters contain the analysis of phonic phenomena (frequency, euphony, assonance, alliteration, aggregation, rhyme), word properties (aspects of frequency, length, richness, word classes, sequences of word properties, characterisations). The synergetic control cycle is the result of the study of mutual links between properties. For all methods both statistical tests (evaluation, comparison), theoretical derivations (models), and examples are presented.

The book is dedicated to the work of the famous Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu whose complete work was analysed, which made detailed illustrations of the method possible. The methods can be used mutatis mutandis for any language and text. It is the first comprehensive quantitative analysis of a poetic work.

Zielgruppe

Linguists including scholars and students in literary studies, te

Autoren/Hrsg.

Popescu, Ioan-Iovitz

Altmann, Gabriel

Lupea, Mihaiela

Tatar, Doina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Computerlinguistik, Korpuslinguistik

Über Autor(innen)

Ioan-Iovitz Popescu, Univ. of Bucharest, Mihaiela Lupea & Doina Tatar, Babes-Bolyai University; Gabriel Altmann, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum.