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OverviewThis book focusses on computer methodologies as a way of investigating language and character in literary texts. Both theoretical and practical, it surveys investigations into characterization in literary linguistics and personality in social psychology, before carrying out a computational analysis of Virginia Woolf’s experimental novel The Waves. Frequencies of grammatical and semantic categories in the language of the six speaking characters are analyzed using Wmatrix software developed by UCREL at Lancaster University. The quantitative analysis is supplemented by a qualitative analysis into recurring patterns of metaphor. The author concludes that these analyses successfully differentiate all six characters, both synchronically and diachronically, and claims that this methodology is also applicable to the study of personality in non-literary language. The book, written in a clear and accessible style, will be of interest to post-graduate students and academics in linguistics, stylistics, literary studies, psychology and also computational approaches. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Giuseppina BalossiPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co Volume: 18 Weight: 0.690kg ISBN: 9789027234070ISBN 10: 9027234078 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 12 June 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order ![]() We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. Acknowledgements; 2. Foreword; 3. List of conventions; 4. List of figures and tables; 5. List of appendixes; 6. List of concordances; 7. 1. Introduction; 8. 2. Virginia Woolf's The Waves; 9. 3. Literature review; 10. 4. Corpus approaches to the study of language and literature; 11. 5. Methodology; 12. 6. Character differentiation through word-classes; 13. 7. Character differentiation: Semantic fields; 14. 8. Conclusion; 15. References; 16. Websites; 17. Appendixes; 18. Author index; 19. Subject indexReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |