Multivariate Approaches to Diachronic Study of English Collocations

本研究试图从多元的角度研究18、19世纪英语散文文本中绅士一词的搭配。本研究将基于对应分析的文体统计分析模型应用于“绅士”一词的搭配调查，在多维空间中可视化了绅士搭配之间的复杂相互关系、文本之间的相互关系以及绅士搭配与文本之间的关联模式。通过这样做，作者说明了绅士的搭配模式如何反映了一种随时间的风格变化以及作者的风格指纹。

This study attempts a multivariate approach to the collocation of gentleman in English prose texts in 18th and 19th Centuries. By applying a stylo-statistical analysis model based on correspondence analysis to the investigation of the collocation of the word gentleman, the present study visualizes the complex interrelationships among gentleman's collocates, interrelationships among texts, and the association patterns between the gentleman's collocates and texts in multi-dimensional spaces. By so doing, the author illustrates how the collocational patterns of gentleman reflects a stylistic variation over time as well as the stylistic fingerprint of the author.