Definition of stylometry in English:
stylometry
noun stʌɪˈlɒmɪtristīˈlämətrē
mass nounThe statistical analysis of variations in literary style between one writer or genre and another.
Example sentencesExamples
- Thanks for demonstrating that literary stylometry has progressed far beyond intuition and type-token ratios.
- Binongo's paper appeared in the spring issue of the journal Chance, in a special issue on stylometry - the science of measuring literary style.
- There will always be some authorship questions that stylometry can't touch.
Derivatives
adjective ˌstʌɪləˈmɛtrɪk
Test data sets were created from Project Gutenberg texts and a variety of stylometric features were counted.
Example sentencesExamples
- Most stylometric studies employ items of language and most of these items are lexically based.
- This is the idea underpinning a controversial stylometric technique whose findings brought stylometry out of academia and into the newspapers.
- He then subjected his hunches to rigorous stylometric testing, checking their diction against the 20,783 words known to have been written by James between 1858 and 1871.
- The Federalist Papers has long been a favorite testing ground for researchers trying out new stylometric methods.