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Czech Translations of the Gospel of Matthew from the Diachronic Point of View – Plus Ça Change…

Radek Čech

Radek Čech

Department of Czech Language, University of OstravaOstrava,
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Ján Mačutek

Ján Mačutek

  • Department of Mathematics, Constantine the Philosopher UniversityNitra, Slovakia
  • Mathematical Institute, Slovak Academy of SciencesBratislava, Slovakia
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Mačutek, Ján
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Pavel Kosek

Pavel Kosek

Masaryk UniversityBrno,
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Dec 30, 2021
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Published Online: Dec 30, 2021
Page range: 656 - 666
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2021-0059
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The paper focuses on dynamics of changes of several linguistic and text properties in diachronic development of Czech. Specifically, we analyze the proportion of identical word-forms (types), the average type length, text length, the proportion of hapax legomena, the moving average type-token ratio, and entropy. For the analysis, seven translations of the Gospel of Matthew from the 14th to the 21st century were used. The study reveals some differences in dynamics of changes of particular properties.

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