Gold Standard Annotations for Rhyme Detection
Plechac, Petr (1); Šeļa, Artjoms (2,3); Martynenko, Antonina (3); Nagy, Ben (2)
1: Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic; 2: Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; 3: University of Tartu, Estonia
In recent years, several strategies for detecting rhymes in poetry corpora have been proposed. We argue that given rhyme is not a clearly defined feature, its machine-driven recognition should be evaluated using the inter-annotator agreement.
Operationalizing Narrative Perspective for Annotation
Sluyter-Gäthje, Henny
University of Potsdam, Germany
HTML XMLNarrative perspective is a phenomenon which influences how mediated a story is told. Since no corpus annotated with perspective is available, this abstract presents an operationalization of narrative perspective, decomposing it into text interference (Schmid 2014), figurally colored narration (Schmid 2022) and the figural description of time and space.
The mother of mother ships. Why Marie de La Hire could be the inventor of the "flying saucer"
Cafiero, Florian (2); Puren, Marie (1,2)
1: EPITA, France; 2: Ecole nationale des chartes, France
This paper examines the collaboration between two early 20th-century French writers, Marie and Jean de La Hire. It explores their individual and joint contributions in key novels. Using stylometry, the study reveals Marie's unique style and her possible involvement in Jean's works. The research highlights Marie's influence in narratives, challenging traditional authorship perceptions.
A Stylometric Glance at Basque Novels
Weronska, Dominika
Jagiellonian University, Poland
HTML XMLThis paper proposes a stylometric analysis of 19th-21st century Basque novels to identify unique linguistic characteristics and create a stylometric map highlighting the trajectory of the genre. It aligns with the conference's focus on reinventing approaches to literature and addresses the responsibility of preserving linguistic diversity in the digital era.
Interplays Between Materiality and Content in Book History: Evidence from 16th–19th Century Chinese and English Books
Shang, Wenyi (1,2); Chen, Yuqi (3); Dubnicek, Ryan (1); Cordell, Ryan (1); Downie, J. Stephen (1)
1: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States of America; 2: University of Missouri, United States of America; 3: Peking University, China
HTML XMLExamining extensive collections of 16th–19th century Chinese-language (12,622) and English-language (640,659) books, our analysis revealed a trend in Chinese books towards smaller and more information-dense publications, with the “Classics” and “Masters” divisions possessing unique material characteristics. The results unveiled subtle but distinct interplays between materiality and content in book history.