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Literary and Linguistic Computing 1991 6(4):259-268; doi:10.1093/llc/6.4.259
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Vocabulary Richness and the Prophetic Voice

DAVID I. HOLMES

Bristol Polytechnic UK

Department of Computer Studies and Mathematics, Bristol Polytechnic, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY. E-mail: DI_HOLMES{at}UK.AC.BRISPOLY.P2
This paper applies a multivariate approach for measuring the vocabulary richness of a literary text to thirteen textual samples. These samples are taken from both the personal writings and the prophetic voices of Joseph Smith and Joanna Southcott, and from the King James Bible. It is shown that statistical procedures based on vocabulary richness prove sensitive enough to distinguish between samples from the same genre as well as being able to discriminate between samples from different genres. The paper also looks for possible biblical influence on the style of the prophetic voices analysed.


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