Quantitative Analysis of Poetic Texts

Ioan-Iovitz Popescu; Mihaiela Lupea; Doina Tatar; Gabriel Altmann

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2015

Quantitative Analysis of Poetic Texts

Ioan-Iovitz Popescu, Mihaiela Lupea, Doina Tatar and Gabriel Altmann

Volume 67 in the series Quantitative Linguistics [QL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110363791

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About this book

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.

First comprehensive quantitative analysis of a poetic work
Analysis of the work by the Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu
Mathematical text analysis

Author information

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

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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Linguists including scholars and students in literary studies, text linguistics, and stylistics.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 280
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 83
- Tables: 68
Keywords: quantitative text analysis; poetics; statistical methodology; quantitative linguistics

eBook

Published: July 1, 2015
ISBN: 9783110363791

Hardcover

Published: June 12, 2015
ISBN: 9783110336054