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Verbalization of Sensory Experience and Data Analysis: Building Statistical Models
- Authors: Baryshnikov P.N.1, Velis L.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Pyatigorsk State University
- Issue: No 7(901) (2025)
- Pages: 9-17
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/303268
- ID: 303268
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Abstract
The article examines the olfactory vocabulary in the works of V.V. Nabokov and F.M. Dostoevsky using computational linguistics methods. The aim of the work is to identify the dominant factor in the descriptions of olfactory experience: language structure or individual authorial style. The material was collections of stories by both authors, analyzed using spaCy, NLTK and pymorphy3 libraries. A significant difference in the nature of olfactory descriptions was revealed: Nabokov’s descriptions are dominated by descriptive characteristics with a wide range of odor sources, while Dostoevsky’s are dominated by emotionally charged metaphorical images of predominantly negative connotations.
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Pavel Nikolaevich Baryshnikov
Pyatigorsk State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: pnbaryshnikov@pgu.ru
Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Historical and Social-Philosophical Disciplines, Oriental Studies and Theology
Russian FederationLolita Andreevna Velis
Pyatigorsk State University
Email: lolitavelis@yandex.com
Assistant Professor of the Department of Germanic Studies and Intercultural Communication, Institute of Romano-Germanic Languages, Information and Humanitarian Technologies
Russian FederationReferences
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