Identifying the Importance of Folk Song Objects Using Graph-Theoretical Models

Abstract

The article focuses on identifying the importance of folk song objects with mathematical methods. Using Zaonezhye get-together songs of the XIX - early XX century as the research material the author develops a graph-theoretical model representing the sematic structure of a text and calculates the quantitative characteristics of this model. They allow evaluating the importance of folk song objects at the local and textual levels. The research was conducted using the “Folklore” informational system.