Towards a taxonomy of the preface in English, French, and German

Zepetnek, Steven Tötösy de

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“…In empirical aesthetics the term “preference” is used to capture aesthetic attitudes towards cultural artefacts [ 8 ]. Such attitudes can be held both at an individual level—specific readers enjoy specific (types of) books—and at a community level—specific types of texts, and their authors, may obtain recognition and acquire prestige [ 9 , 10 , 11 ].…”

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Comparative Analysis of Preference in Contemporary and Earlier Texts Using Entropy Measures

Mohseni

Redies

Gast³

2023

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Research in computational textual aesthetics has shown that there are textual correlates of preference in prose texts. The present study investigates whether textual correlates of preference vary across different time periods (contemporary texts versus texts from the 19th and early 20th centuries). Preference is operationalized in different ways for the two periods, in terms of canonization for the earlier texts, and through sales figures for the contemporary texts. As potential textual correlates of preference, we measure degrees of (un)predictability in the distributions of two types of low-level observables, parts of speech and sentence length. Specifically, we calculate two entropy measures, Shannon Entropy as a global measure of unpredictability, and Approximate Entropy as a local measure of surprise (unpredictability in a specific context). Preferred texts from both periods (contemporary bestsellers and canonical earlier texts) are characterized by higher degrees of unpredictability. However, unlike canonicity in the earlier texts, sales figures in contemporary texts are reflected in global (text-level) distributions only (as measured with Shannon Entropy), while surprise in local distributions (as measured with Approximate Entropy) does not have an additional discriminating effect. Our findings thus suggest that there are both time-invariant correlates of preference, and period-specific correlates.

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Comparative Analysis of Preference in Contemporary and Earlier Texts Using Entropy Measures

Mohseni

Redies

Gast³

2023

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Nominalization in Applied Linguistics and Medicine: The Case of Textbook Introductions and Book Reviews

Jalilifar¹,

Elhambakhsh²,

White³

2018

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Abstract Drawing on Systemic Functional Linguistics, this study explored variational use of nominalization in 600 textbook introductions and 200 book reviews in applied linguistics and medicine. The nominalized expressions were identified in the texts, the frequencies of the nominalization types were counted, and eventually a chi-square test was administered. Analysis of nominalization patterns across the different informational/promotional moves revealed divergent patterns in the two disciplines but insignificant differences across the genres in focus. The density of nominalizations was acknowledged in the applied linguistics introductions and book reviews. However, functional variations in the use of nominalizations were found only in the introductions. As for the proportion of nominalization to grammatical metaphor, results demonstrated a lower tendency towards nominalizing scientific information in the medicine corpus. Further research is needed to see how nominalization is exploited in other genres and other disciplines.

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Towards a taxonomy of the preface in English, French, and German

Cited by 2 publications

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Comparative Analysis of Preference in Contemporary and Earlier Texts Using Entropy Measures

Comparative Analysis of Preference in Contemporary and Earlier Texts Using Entropy Measures

Nominalization in Applied Linguistics and Medicine: The Case of Textbook Introductions and Book Reviews

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