Folio Shakespeare texts and their Quarto and Octavo antecedents

这个项目旨在使用统计方法来评估Shakepeare戏剧的不同版本。莎士比亚第一对开本是莎士比亚戏剧文本的最重要来源，但一些对开本和竞争版本的日期，以及它们从原始手稿传递的性质，都存在争议。不确定的是，一些高度不同的版本是作者的修改，还是为了阅读而改编，或者是为了巡回演出，或者仅仅是因为粗心的抄袭而导致的腐败。该项目计划对《对开本》和以前的四重奏版本中出现的18部戏剧的语言进行统计分析，重点是词语的使用模式和拼写，以更好地了解对开本和关于个别戏剧文本的新证据。

This project aims to use statistical methods to assess different versions of Shakepeare’s plays. The Shakespeare First Folio is the most important source for the texts of Shakespeare's plays, but the dates of some Folio and rival versions, and the nature of their transmission from an original manuscript, are disputed. There is uncertainty whether some highly divergent versions represent authorial revisions, or adaptations for reading, or for touring, or simply corruption through careless copying. This project plans to conduct a statistical analysis of the language of the 18 plays that appear both in the Folio and in previous Quarto versions, focusing on patterns of word use and orthography, to provide a better understanding of the Folio and new evidence about the texts of individual plays.