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Would like to see a similar analysis that instead looks at the number of syllables, specifically vocabulary that has greater than 2 syllables. In addition to b
by user2426679 8y ago
Would like to see a similar analysis that instead looks at the number of syllables, specifically vocabulary that has greater than 2 syllables.
In addition to being of personal interest (I think it's much more difficult and impressive to create rhymes with 3+ syllables due to the natural constraint of a smaller basket of words), it would also, presumably, avoid the issue that the author highlights:
> I used a research methodology called token analysis to determine each artist’s vocabulary. Each word is counted once, so pimps, pimp, pimping, and pimpin are four unique words. To avoid issues with apostrophes (e.g., pimpin’ vs. pimpin), they’re removed from the dataset. It still isn’t perfect. Hip hop is full of slang that is hard to transcribe (e.g., shorty vs. shawty), compound words (e.g., king shit)
- post_meridiem 8y agoI'd also be interested in something like a WordNet similarity comparison score; i.e., how semantically different are words that are used together. To me, that's a better measure of linguistic creativity than unique words or rhyming words.
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- user2426679 8y agoThanks for the link... enjoyable and educational :) Wonder where Immortal Technique would fit within that chart.