Corpus of Dramas by the Čapek Brothers From a Quantitative Perspective

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/jazcas-2025-0034" target="_blank" >https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/jazcas-2025-0034</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2025-0034" target="_blank" >10.2478/jazcas-2025-0034</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Corpus of Dramas by the Čapek Brothers From a Quantitative Perspective

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper presents the first comprehensive quantitative analysis of the Čapek brothers´ dramas, focusing on the linguistic and stylistic differences between their individual and collaborative plays. The analysis compares a corpus of ten plays, divided into two subcorpora (1 - character dialogues vs. 2 - authorial and stage commentaries), in terms of part-of-speech distribution and morphological coefficients (including nominality and the Busemann coefficient), combining frequency-based approaches with cluster analysis. The results reveal significant stylistic differences between the authors: Josef Čapek’s drama is characterized by a higher degree of descriptiveness and nominality with a high frequency of nouns, whereas Karel Čapek’s style exhibits a more dynamic, verbally oriented language with a predominance of verbs; the co-authored dramas predominantly occupy an intermediary position. Cluster analysis confirms the unique position of Josef’s plays as a separate cluster and demonstrates that stage/authorial directions show a higher degree of inter-authorial variability than the dialogues. Simultaneously, the study confirms the fundamental importance of separating the dialogic and metatextual layers for the validity of quantitative analyses of dramatic texts and establishes a methodological framework for further corpus-based research into authorship and style in drama.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Corpus of Dramas by the Čapek Brothers From a Quantitative Perspective

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper presents the first comprehensive quantitative analysis of the Čapek brothers´ dramas, focusing on the linguistic and stylistic differences between their individual and collaborative plays. The analysis compares a corpus of ten plays, divided into two subcorpora (1 - character dialogues vs. 2 - authorial and stage commentaries), in terms of part-of-speech distribution and morphological coefficients (including nominality and the Busemann coefficient), combining frequency-based approaches with cluster analysis. The results reveal significant stylistic differences between the authors: Josef Čapek’s drama is characterized by a higher degree of descriptiveness and nominality with a high frequency of nouns, whereas Karel Čapek’s style exhibits a more dynamic, verbally oriented language with a predominance of verbs; the co-authored dramas predominantly occupy an intermediary position. Cluster analysis confirms the unique position of Josef’s plays as a separate cluster and demonstrates that stage/authorial directions show a higher degree of inter-authorial variability than the dialogues. Simultaneously, the study confirms the fundamental importance of separating the dialogic and metatextual layers for the validity of quantitative analyses of dramatic texts and establishes a methodological framework for further corpus-based research into authorship and style in drama.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Jazykovedny Casopis

ISSN

0021-5597

e-ISSN

1338-4287

Svazek periodika

76

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

SK - Slovenská republika

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

"378–389"

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105024330569