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Quantifying literature quality using complexity criteria
- Source :
- Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 2017, Vol 24, Iss 1
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- We measured entropy and symbolic diversity for English and Spanish texts including literature Nobel laureates and other famous authors. Entropy, symbol diversity and symbol frequency profiles were compared for these four groups. We also built a scale sensitive to the quality of writing and evaluated its relationship with the Flesch's readability index for English and the Szigriszt's perspicuity index for Spanish. Results suggest a correlation between entropy and word diversity with quality of writing. Text genre also influences the resulting entropy and diversity of the text. Results suggest the plausibility of automated quality assessment of texts.<br />Comment: Submitted for publication. 29 pages. 8 figures, 4 tables, 4 appendixes
- Subjects :
- Computer Science - Computation and Language
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 2017, Vol 24, Iss 1
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1401.7077
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09296174.2016.1169847