In this paper we propose a new distance function (rank distance) designed to reflect stylistic similarity between texts. To assess the ability of this distance measure to capture stylistic similarity between texts, we tested it in two different machine learning settings: clustering and binary classification.

Texts vary not only by topic, but by style; indeed, often the variation between texts ‘about the same thing’ can be just as noticeable as the variation between texts ‘about different things’. Some facets of this variation are quite easy to detect, and quite predictable when applied to categorization of texts by genre, functional style, or tentatively quality. Making use of such variation in an ...

We describe an approach for generating a wide variety of texts expressing the same content. By treating stylistic features as constraints on the output of a text planner, we explore the interaction between various stylistic features (from punctuation and layout to pronominal reference and discourse structure) and their impact on the form of the resulting text.

The Trlcon program has been adapted as an aid to the analysis of syntax in poetry with the hope of identifying the dominant patterns that characterize a poet's style. The Trlcon program (described in Concordances from Com~ , S.M.Lamb and L.Gould, University of Callf0~nia, ey,1964)has three active lines which this researcher has used for text, syntactic analysis (following a phrase-str~cture gra...

This paper might be described as an attempt to discuss a practical methodology based on Pedagogic Stylistic approach for the teaching of literature as subject in undergraduate /Post graduate classes in India. It is also significant that we need to examine how a stylistic approach for the teaching of literature is of particular value for the study of literature as a subject in India's ESL situat...

Most work on neural natural language generation (NNLG) focus on controlling the content of the generated text. We experiment with controlling several stylistic aspects of the generated text, in addition to its content. The method is based on conditioned RNN language model, where the desired content as well as the stylistic parameters serve as conditioning contexts. We demonstrate the approach o...

This paper a) examines the nature of creative thinking in musical improvisation, b) examines music teachers 'confidence in their inprovisation abilities and c) proposes a model for teaching stylistic improvisation. First, factor analysis of improvisations of college jazz singers indicates that divergent thinking, as exemplified through variety, originality and elaboration of musical ideas, is l...

Stylistic animation and rendering approaches intentionally produce output that diverges from physical reality in order to enhance the quality of graphical output. In this paper, we discuss the domain of stylistic animation, with particular emphasis on techniques for stylising dynamics and motion synthesis. We present a survey of previous work and introduce some of the major issues in stylised a...

Introduction We are currently conducting systematic analyses of Japanese prime ministers’ Diet addresses after World War II. In addition to the analyses of the content of the addresses, stylistic analysis can be used to clarify the changing language usages of prime ministers and how these reflect their personal or individual styles. This study indicates that stylistic methods are useful for his...