Glottotheory · 2013 · 19 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesLinguisticsLiteratureLiterary CriticismLiterary StudiesPoetryLyric PoetryLyrics AnalysisPoetic LanguagePoeticsSlovak LanguagePoetic Text AnalysisSlovak PoetrySlovak Prose
Abstract The aim of the article is to introduce the measurement of “activity” and “descriptivity” of a text based on the proportions of adjectives and verbs. Functions based on interaction of forces, tests for significance of a property and for comparison of two texts are introduced. The methods are applied to the poetry of the Slovak poetess Eva Bachletová.