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Word Frequency Studies (Hardcover)
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Word Frequency Studies (Hardcover)
Series: Quantitative Linguistics [QL]
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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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