Corpus-Based Research of Literary Texts: Methods, Approaches and Experiments

Аннотация

In linguistics, there are various methods of analyzing literary texts that allow us to study various aspects of the language and style of poets and writers. Below, we will focus on the most common and important methods of analysis aimed at analyzing the author's idiolect. Keywords: lexical, grammatical and syntactic features, Poetic meter, cognitive processes and mental models, cultural context, subjective factors, collocations, lexical, grammatical, pragmatic, discourse features, methodological approach, linguostylistic, semantic, structural, cognitive, corpus, discourse analysis. reader's perception. Introduction: The method of linguostylistic analysis is aimed at studying the language means used in a The corpus analysis method uses large volumes of poetic/prose artistic text to create an artistic effect. In literary texts (corpora) to identify statistical patterns in this method, lexical, grammatical and syntactic language use. Word frequency, collocations, and other features of the artistic text, as well as tropes and figures language features are analyzed. The goal of the analysis of speech, are analyzed. The purpose of the analysis in in this method is to identify general trends and this method is to determine the importance of individual stylistic features of poets, idiolects. language means in expressing the meaning and The discourse analysis method studies the literary text emotional content of the poem/prose. as a form of discourse, analyzes its social and cultural The method of semantic analysis studies the semantic context. The ideological and cultural meanings relationships between words and phrases in a expressed in the literary text are analyzed. The goal of poetic/prose text. The meanings of words, their the analysis in this method is to analyze the interaction contextual aspects and symbolic meaning are analyzed. of the poetic text with social and cultural norms. The purpose of the analysis in this method is to deeply The above methods are not mutually exclusive and are reveal the meaning and interpretations of a poetic often used in combination for a complete and in-depth work. analysis of poetic/prose texts. The method of structural analysis studies the structure Corpus text analysis is a method of language study of a poetic/prose text, including its composition, based on the use of large collections of texts (corpora) rhythm, rhyme and metric. The poetic meter and using computer technology. This approach allows you structure are analyzed. The goal of analysis in this to identify patterns in the realization of language method is to determine the importance of the structure features in a literary text, analyze the frequency of of a poetic text in creating an artistic effect. words and phrases, study grammatical constructions The cognitive analysis method studies how a and other linguistic phenomena. There are a number of poetic/prose text reflects cognitive processes and main aspects of corpus analysis, which we will briefly mental models. Metaphors, images, and symbols used discuss below. to express abstract concepts and emotional states are Use of big data. A corpus of texts can contain millions analyzed. The goal of the analysis in this method is to of words and sentences, which allows for statistical analyze the interaction of the literary text with the analysis and the identification of stable language International Journal Of Literature And Languages 32 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ijll International Journal Of Literature And Languages (ISSN: 2771-2834) trends. Step 3. Using corpus analysis tools. At this stage, the following operations are performed on the selected Computer analysis. Computer programs are used to literary corpus: process and analyze large volumes of text data, which allows automating many routine tasks and obtaining 1) search for key words and phrases. This allows you to results that are impossible with manual analysis. determine the frequency of use of certain words and phrases in poetic/prose texts. Identification of patterns. Corpus analysis allows for the identification of patterns in the use of lexicon, 2) analysis of collocations. The study of words that grammar, syntax, and other elements of language. often occur side by side helps to understand the semantic relationships and features of the language of Objectivity. The use of computer methods allows for the poetic/prose text. the reduction of the influence of subjective factors on the results of research. 3) statistical analysis. The use of statistical methods provides the basis for identifying patterns in the use of Diversity of research. Corpus analysis is used to solve a lexicon, grammar, rhythm and other elements. wide range of tasks, including studying the individual style of the author; analyzing the development of 4) rhythmic and metrical analysis. Computer programs language over time; comparing language styles of (especially concordances) can help in analyzing the different periods and direct