Diversity of vocabulary and homogeneity of literary style

To help settle the debate around the authorship of Tirant lo Blanc, we analyse the evolution of the diversity of the vocabulary used in that book, as measured through eight different diversity indices. The exploratory analysis reveals a clear single shift in diversity, that is estimated through chan...

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Published in:Journal of applied statistics 2006-08, Vol.33 (7), p.729-741
Main Authors: Riba, Alex, Ginebra, Josep
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Change-point analysis
inverse Gaussian-Poisson mixture
Normal distribution
Sichel distribution
Simpson index
stylometry
Writers
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Summary:To help settle the debate around the authorship of Tirant lo Blanc, we analyse the evolution of the diversity of the vocabulary used in that book, as measured through eight different diversity indices. The exploratory analysis reveals a clear single shift in diversity, that is estimated through change-point techniques to be in chapter 382, and might indicate the existence of one main author writing about four fifths of the book, and of a second author finishing the last one fifth of the book. Before chapter 382, the language is richer and more diverse than after it.
ISSN:0266-4763
1360-0532
DOI:10.1080/02664760600708970