Overview on Computional Stylistics

Definition:

Study of patterns formed in particular texts, authors, genres, periods via computational methods.

Through the use of computers, it should be possible to achieve more accurate detection and explanation of such linguistic patterns.

Computational Linguistics Stylistic

Scope of Computational Stylistic

1. Count the frequency of common words, and rare words, to detect writing style, producing distinct and unmistakable “literary fingerprint” that can be used to determine if and when there have been collaborations with other text. 
2. Detection of idiosyncratic uses of language which distinguish one author from another. An author's style is his signature. 
3. Determining the sentiment (positive or negative) of a text.
4. Analyzing variation in rhetorical style among scientific articles.
5. Stylistic analysis, the study of patterns formed in the process of the linguistic encoding of information
6. Through the use of computers, it should be possible to achieve more accurate detection and explanation of specific linguistic patterns
7. Through analysis of individual style, researchers can find clues to unique characteristics in linguistic pattern. (Author)

Corpus

 Anything that are related to literary works that will be chosen: 

1. Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet), 
2. Emily Dickinson’s poems,
3. Etc etc.

Relevance or application to Language Learning or Language Research 

1. To determine the style of literary works; grammar, lexis, semantics, phonological properties
2. To identify linguistic features; Arbitrariness, creativity' or 'open-endedness‘, Cultural transmission.

Language Learning with the aid of Computer

Relevance to Language Research

Concept of style :such as Shakespeare – style of the Romantic poets.The language research in literary language is the example of how language used in a special way; never reflects everyday speech and may depart from the grammatical and other norms of speech. Therefore, Literary language; is quite unconscious, direct, sensitive, requires no reference to non-literary usage.