Open AccessStatistical Analysis of Texts of the Balkans Electronic Media Columnists
Author(s) -
Nedim Smailović
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of information technology and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2233-0194
pISSN - 2232-9625
DOI - 10.7251/jit1901005s
Subject(s) - montenegro , judgement , alphabet , statistical analysis , print media , phenomenon , linguistics , space (punctuation) , computer science , sociology , political science , media studies , mathematics , regional science , statistics , epistemology , law , philosophy , newspaper
This paper presents results of statistical analysis of some segments in texts of the four columnists in the Balkans electronic media: Bosnia and Herzegovina – Dnevni avaz (Muhamed Filipović), Serbia – Politika (Aleksandar Apostolovski), Croatia – Jutarnji list (Miljenko Jergović) and Montenegro – Vijesti (Miodrag Lekić). They write about different themes, in different language styles, but statistical analysis clearly points to large similarities in certain segments, such as number of particular alphabet letters, most common combinations of two or three words, etc. These results leave space to conclude that it is one polycentric language, which is not a rare phenomenon in the modern world. Naturally, the final judgement about this should be given by the linguists.