A Quantitative Study on Dream of the Red Chamber: Word-Length Distribution and Authorship Attribution
This paper investigates the distribution characteristics of word lengths in the Dream of the Red Chamber (DRC), measured in terms of the number of syllables or characters. The results show that the frequency distribution of words of different lengths in the DRC abides by the extended logarithmic dis...
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| description | This paper investigates the distribution characteristics of word lengths in the Dream of the Red Chamber (DRC), measured in terms of the number of syllables or characters. The results show that the frequency distribution of words of different lengths in the DRC abides by the extended logarithmic distribution model. A comparison between the first forty, the middle forty, and the last forty chapters shows that the distribution of word lengths in these three parts does not differ significantly, which sheds light on the authorship of the novel. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8aa86e395639434eb2960999028eee682025-02-03T06:01:25ZengWileyComplexity1099-05262022-01-01202210.1155/2022/9077360A Quantitative Study on Dream of the Red Chamber: Word-Length Distribution and Authorship AttributionYue Yu0Wei Liu1Ying Feng2School of Foreign StudiesSchool of Languages and Communication StudiesSoftware Engineering Institute of GuangzhouThis paper investigates the distribution characteristics of word lengths in the Dream of the Red Chamber (DRC), measured in terms of the number of syllables or characters. The results show that the frequency distribution of words of different lengths in the DRC abides by the extended logarithmic distribution model. A comparison between the first forty, the middle forty, and the last forty chapters shows that the distribution of word lengths in these three parts does not differ significantly, which sheds light on the authorship of the novel.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9077360 |
| spellingShingle | Yue Yu Wei Liu Ying Feng A Quantitative Study on Dream of the Red Chamber: Word-Length Distribution and Authorship Attribution Complexity |
| title | A Quantitative Study on Dream of the Red Chamber: Word-Length Distribution and Authorship Attribution |
| title_full | A Quantitative Study on Dream of the Red Chamber: Word-Length Distribution and Authorship Attribution |
| title_fullStr | A Quantitative Study on Dream of the Red Chamber: Word-Length Distribution and Authorship Attribution |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Quantitative Study on Dream of the Red Chamber: Word-Length Distribution and Authorship Attribution |
| title_short | A Quantitative Study on Dream of the Red Chamber: Word-Length Distribution and Authorship Attribution |
| title_sort | quantitative study on dream of the red chamber word length distribution and authorship attribution |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9077360 |
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