Word Frequency Studies

Ioan-Iovitz Popescu

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2009

Word Frequency Studies

Ioan-Iovitz Popescu

Together with: Gabriel Altmann, Peter Grzybek, Bijapur Dayaloo Jayaram, Reinhard Köhler, Viktor Krupa, Ján Macutek, Regina Pustet, Ludmila Uhlirova and Matummal N. Vidya

Volume 64 in the series Quantitative Linguistics [QL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110218534

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About this book

The present book finds and collects absolutely new aspects of word frequency. First, eminent characteristics (such as the h-point, first used in scientometrics, the k-, m-, and n-points) are introduced – it can be shown that the geometry of word frequency is fundamentally based on them. Furthermore, various indicators of text properties are proposed for the first time, such as thematic concentration, autosemantic text compactness, autosemantic density, etc. In detail, the autosemantic structure of a given text is evaluated by means of a graph representation and its properties (according to a problem from network research). Special emphasis is given to the part-of-speech differentiation, which plays a significant role in stylistics.

On the basis of a general theory, which has been developed especially for linguistic research, problems of the frequency structure of texts with respect to word occurrence are investigated and discussed in detail. Methodologically, specific reference is made to synergetic linguistics, including some exemplary analyses, showing that there are points of contact with this field. A separate chapter is dedicated to within-sentence word position; this issue considers grammar as well as language genesis; another chapter is dedicated to the type-token ratio, discussing all established methods and their relevance for word frequency analysis.

All methods presented in the book are statistically tested; to this end, some new tests have been developed. All procedures and calculations are conducted for 20 languages, ranging from Polynesia, Indonesia, India, and Europe to a North American Indian language. The broad distribution of the data and texts from all genres allows generalizations with respect to language typology.

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Ioan-Iovitz Popescu, University of Bucharest, Romania.

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1. Introduction Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	1
2. Problems and presentations Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	5
3. The h- and related points Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	17
4. The geometry of word frequencies Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	73
5. The dynamics of word classes Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	87
6. Thematic concentration of the text Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	95
7. Crowding, pace filling and compactness Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	101
8. Autosemantic text structure Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	111
9. Distribution models Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	127
10. The relation of frequency to other wordproperties Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	195
11. Word frequency and position in sentence Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	203
12. The type-token relation Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	231
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14. Appendix: Texts Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	253
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researchers and Students interested in Text-Linguistics, Psycho-Linguistics, Philology, Communication Sciences and Scientometrics, as well as in the Applied Fields such as Information Retrieval and Document Managemen
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 278
Illustrations
- Other: Num. figs. and tabs.
Keywords: Statistic Analysis; Linguistic Data; Text Structure; Typology

eBook

Published: June 2, 2009
ISBN: 9783110218534

Hardcover

Published: June 17, 2009
ISBN: 9783110218527