{"product_id":"the-statistical-study-of-literary-vocabulary-paperback-9781107633711","title":"The Statistical Study of Literary Vocabulary (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107633711","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Statistical Study of Literary Vocabulary\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally published in 1944, this book examines the controversy surrounding the authorship of De Imitatione Christi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eC. Udny Yule (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107633711, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 May 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e318 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeorge Udny Yule (1871–1951) was a British statistician who was influential in the development of modern statistics. Originally published in 1944, this book was formed from Yule's interest in the controversy surrounding the authorship of De Imitatione Christi, a text generally attributed to Thomas à Kempis. The text presents a statistical analysis of the vocabulary used in De Imitatione Christi, comparing it to different works written by Thomas and works by other authors. In so doing, it moves into the broader territory of purely statistical questions regarding frequency distributions and sample sizes. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in statistics and its relationship with literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introductory, personal and apologetic\u003cbr\u003e 2. The word-distribution: illustrations\u003cbr\u003e 3. Theory of the word-distribution, with an exordium on sampling: the characteristic\u003cbr\u003e 4. The characteristic of K: practical problems\u003cbr\u003e 5. Certain difficulties and sources of fallacy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Word-distributions from the different works of the same author\u003cbr\u003e 7. The distribution of the vocabulary over samples from several works of the same author: vocabulary ratios of Bunyan and Macaulay\u003cbr\u003e 8. The alphabetical distribution of English vocabulary: etymological analysis of the Bunyan and Macaulay data\u003cbr\u003e 9. The De imitatione Christi, Thomas à Kempis and Gerson\u003cbr\u003e 10. The De imitatione Christi, Thomas à Kempis and Gerson, continued\u003cbr\u003e 11. Valedictory\u003cbr\u003e Table of characteristics for nouns and chart\u003cbr\u003e Appendices. Nouns in the samples grouped according to the numbers of occurrences\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006015754520,"sku":"9781107633711","price":35.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107633711i_7c18d436-ffb3-429a-9566-8641daf0830c.jpg?v=1696780884","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-statistical-study-of-literary-vocabulary-paperback-9781107633711","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}