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Peer reviewedOppenheim, Rosa – Computers and the Humanities, 1988
Examines mathematical models of style analysis, focusing on the pattern in which literary characteristics occur. Describes an autoregressive integrated moving average model (ARIMA) for predicting sentence length in different works by the same author and comparable works by different authors. This technique is valuable in characterizing stylistic…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Correlation, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles
Peer reviewedTeichman, Milton; Poris, Marilyn – Computers and the Humanities, 1989
Reports a study of the initial effects of word processing on essay-writing performance and on writing apprehension. Concludes that college freshmen using word processing showed greater progress in writing performance from pre to post essay tests than did those using traditional methods, but they did not show significant difference in writing…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Expository Writing
Peer reviewedSelfe, Cynthia L.; Wahlstrom, Billie J. – Computers and the Humanities, 1988
Suggests four overlapping areas of exploration that might help spark "creative re-formations" of the way English teachers think about computers and their relationship to writing: (1) computers and teaching writing, (2) computers and language theory, (3) computers and learning from the past, and (4) computer research in other fields. (GEA)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Peer reviewedIrizarry, Estelle – Computers and the Humanities, 1995
Utilizes a computer program to search for legal terminology in Concepcion Arenal's 1861 treatise "The Woman of the Future." Arenal appropriated two different types of legal discourse in her work. Discusses the problems this presented for linguistic analyses. Includes fascinating details on Arenal and her work. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Educational Change, Educational Technology
