Meaning of stylometrician | Babel Free

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Synonym of stylometrist.

Examples

“The dangers that beset the stylometrician may be illustrated from a comparison of C. Hitter's views, based on Stylometry, as expressed in 1888, and the same writer's views, based on general grounds, in 1910.”

“In one of George Schultz's 'Peanuts' comic strips Charlie Brown says to Lucy, 'Go ahead, tell me what I've been saying . . . tell me what you've heard', and Lucie replies: 'To, a, of, oh, but, and, the'. She need only have counted the frequencies of these words to have become a stylometrician.”

“Before examining any of the disputed texts, the stylometrician should decide on the classes of word which should be relegated to the category of 'others', regardless of how frequently they appear – for example, proper nouns, some verbs and/or pronouns.”

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