On "Style of Word" and "Style of Text"

Estimation of the "Style of Text" Using the "Data for Word Stylistic Value"

Abstract

In this paper, we first presented an overview of the "Data for Word Stylistic Value" which shows continuous numerical values for the degree of stylistic differences (written hard style/spoken soft style) of many words. Subsequently, as an example of the use of this data, we attempted to estimate the "style of text" based on the "style of word" using a numerical value called the "text stylistic value." The texts used for the estimation were the core data of the "The Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese" and were able to reproduce the stylistic characteristics of each register. Through this, we have shown that the "Data for Word Stylistic Value" and the "text stylistic value" can be used effectively for stylistic research, and that the interdependence between "style of word" and "style of text" can be empirically analyzed using quantitative methods.