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S ister N ivedita's influence on J. C . B ose's writings
Author(s) -
Jana Siladitya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.903
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 2330-1643
pISSN - 2330-1635
DOI - 10.1002/asi.23221
Subject(s) - punctuation , style (visual arts) , sister , trace (psycholinguistics) , period (music) , relation (database) , perspective (graphical) , writing style , literature , history , linguistics , philosophy , art , sociology , computer science , aesthetics , visual arts , anthropology , database
This article examines whether S ister N ivedita (1867–1911) played any role in the writing of the articles and books by J. C . B ose (1858–1937), an I ndian scientist, during their long period of association (1898–1911). Here, the writings of J.C . Bose are studied from this perspective. It may be noted that the relation between B ose and N ivedita was personal in nature. Three important style markers— function words, punctuation marks , and usage of words are used to trace the changes in B ose's writing style, if any. The results show that during the association between B ose and N ivedita, B ose's style of writing changed considerably in comparison to the earlier period when they did not know each other. It shows N ivedita helped B ose in preparing his journal articles and books. The results reveal a distinct change in B ose's writing style after his meeting with N ivedita. This is reflected in his changing pattern of usage of these three stylistic features. Bose slowly moved back towards his original style of writing after Nivedita's death, but his later works still carried N ivedita's influence.