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On the basis of texts from the 18th century the German language is investigated. We emphasize not the use of words but the grammatical distribution of the words distinguished by codes. The relative frequencies of codes in the texts may be compared statistically, and a similarity measure can be deduced. These values are analyzed with a fuzzy-cluster method and the result is shown in maps. The specially adapted graphical presentation enables a good insight into the data and hence allows interesting interpretations of the results.
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Filzmoser, P. (1997). Investigation of the Language in Germany and Austria Using Statistical Methods. In: Klar, R., Opitz, O. (eds) Classification and Knowledge Organization. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59051-1_69
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