Computational Stylometry: Who's in a Play?

Authors:
Carl Vogel;Gerard Lynch
Affiliations:
Centre for Computing and Language Studies, School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland;Centre for Computing and Language Studies, School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
Venue:
Verbal and Nonverbal Features of Human-Human and Human-Machine Interaction
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Automatic text classification techniques are applied to the problem of quantifying strength of characterization within plays, using a case study of the works of four sample playwrights that are freely available in machine-readable form. Strong characters are those whose speeches constitute homogeneous categories in comparison with other characters--their speeches are more attributable to themselves than to their play or their author.