Alberti's letter counts
Overview & Synopsis
Four centuries before modern statistical linguistics was born, Leon Battista Alberti (1404--1472) compared the frequency of vowels in Latin poems and orations, making the first quantified observation of a stylistic difference ever. Using a corpus of 20 Latin texts (over 5 million letters), Alberti's observations are statistically assessed. Letter counts prove that poets used significantly more a's, e's, and y's, whereas orators used more of the other vowels. The sample sizes needed to justify the assertions are studied, and proved to be within reach for Alberti's scholarship.
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Document Information
| Document Title | Alberti's letter counts |
|---|---|
| Author / Organization | Bernard Ycart |
| Subject & Discipline | Multidisciplinary Academic Open Research |
| Categories | Science & Mathematics |
| Publication Year | 2014 |
| License / Rights | Open Access / Creative Commons |
| Resource Verification | Listed PDF (Verification Pending) |
| Original Host Website |
HAL Open Science
(hal.science)
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| File Format | application/pdf (Portable Document Format) |
| Language | EN |
| Catalog ID | DOC-219091 |
| Original Source Link | Visit Source Page on hal.science » |