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stylometry|staɪˈlɒmɪtrɪ|
[f. as prec. + -metry.]
The technique of making statistical analyses of the features of a literary style, esp. by means of a computer. Hence styˈlometrist, one who practises this technique.
1945R. G. Collingwood Idea of Nature 58 Scholars..have analysed the language of the Platonic dialogues statistically... Whatever view is taken of Platonic ‘stylometry’ in its more detailed development. 1953Classical Q. XLVII. 80 This admission that only equal amounts of text should have been compared..had the effect of largely invalidating his own and most earlier attempts to order the dialogues by relative affinities of style. Stylometrists ignored the warning... The effect was..to discredit mechanical stylometry. 1972Ibid. May 89 (heading) The new stylometry. Ibid., Stylometry can be defined as the use of numerical methods for the solution of literary problems. 1979Sci. Amer. Nov. 34/2 The 50,000 words of the 14 epistles attributed to St. Paul are a challenge to the stylometrist. Ibid. 34/3 Forensic stylometry is at least an inhibition to the temptation on the part of police officers to adjust the admissions they present in court. |