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Hahahahaha, Duuuuude, Yeeessss!: A two-parameter characterization of stretchable words and the dynamics of mistypings and misspellings
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 5, p e0232938 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- arXiv, 2019.
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Abstract
- Stretched words like `heellllp' or `heyyyyy' are a regular feature of spoken language, often used to emphasize or exaggerate the underlying meaning of the root word. While stretched words are rarely found in formal written language and dictionaries, they are prevalent within social media. In this paper, we examine the frequency distributions of `stretchable words' found in roughly 100 billion tweets authored over an 8 year period. We introduce two central parameters, `balance' and `stretch', that capture their main characteristics, and explore their dynamics by creating visual tools we call `balance plots' and `spelling trees'. We discuss how the tools and methods we develop here could be used to study the statistical patterns of mistypings and misspellings, along with the potential applications in augmenting dictionaries, improving language processing, and in any area where sequence construction matters, such as genetics.<br />Comment: 18 pages, 18 figures, and 9 tables. Online appendices at http://compstorylab.org/stretchablewords/
- Subjects :
- FOS: Computer and information sciences
Root (linguistics)
Computer science
Entropy
Kernel Functions
Social Sciences
02 engineering and technology
Sociology
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Psychology
Operator Theory
Language
Multidisciplinary
Computer Science - Computation and Language
Physics
Social Communication
Eukaryota
06 humanities and the arts
Spelling
Linguistics
Separation Processes
Social Networks
0602 languages and literature
Physical Sciences
Medicine
Thermodynamics
020201 artificial intelligence & image processing
Written language
Information Technology
Computation and Language (cs.CL)
Network Analysis
Research Article
Physics - Physics and Society
Computer and Information Sciences
Science
Twitter
FOS: Physical sciences
Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
Research and Analysis Methods
Cnidaria
Phonetics
Entropy (information theory)
Animals
Humans
Distillation
Natural Language Processing
060201 languages & linguistics
Two parameter
Cognitive Psychology
Organisms
Biology and Life Sciences
Invertebrates
Communications
Reading
Cognitive Science
Jellyfish
Social Media
Mathematics
Spoken language
Neuroscience
Subjects
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 5, p e0232938 (2020)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c3b90620df513a4438f9b0a065c82f0b
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1907.03920