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abstract:This study is a stylometric analysis of the works authored by Ælfric, a well-known Old English (OE) writer and translator. While the basic aim of the investigation is to identify the most typical linguistic features of his texts, the general idea behind the study is to show the extent of inter-textual variation of OE prose works. Ælfric, a very prolific writer, is responsible for ca. 25% of all prose records of this language. We employ stylometric techniques to show that Ælfric’s style involves relatively frequent use of specific phrases initiated by function words (e.g., the prepositions mid and on) and grammatical constructions (e.g., adverbial clauses of reason). Our analysis demonstrates that there are some striking discrepancies between Ælfric and other (mostly anonymous) OE authors. This finding leads to the more general conclusion that individual stylistic preferences are an important aspect of research on Old English syntax and phraseology. keywords: Ælfric, style markers, stylometry, Old English
摘要：本研究是对著名古英语作家和翻译家lfric作品的风格分析。虽然调查的基本目的是确定其文本中最典型的语言特征，但研究背后的总体思路是显示OE散文作品的语篇间变异程度。lfric是一位非常多产的作家，约占该语言所有散文记录的25%。我们使用风格计量技术来表明，Ælfric的风格涉及相对频繁地使用由虚词（例如介词mid and on）和语法结构（例如原因状语从句）引发的特定短语。我们的分析表明，Ælfric和其他（大多数是匿名的）OE作者之间存在一些显著的差异。这一发现导致了一个更普遍的结论，即个人风格偏好是古英语句法和短语研究的一个重要方面。关键词：Ælfric，风格标记，风格测量，古英语
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Style invites submissions that address questions of style, stylistics, and poetics, including research and theory in discourse analysis, literary and nonliterary genres, narrative, figuration, metrics, rhetorical analysis, and the pedagogy of style. Contributions may draw from such fields as literary criticism, critical theory, computational linguistics, cognitive linguistics, philosophy of language, and rhetoric and writing studies. In addition, Style publishes reviews, review-essays, surveys, interviews, translations, enumerative and annotated bibliographies, and reports on conferences.
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