POWER SPECTRAL DENSITIES OF LITERARY RHYTHMS (CHINESE).
John J. Dreher, Young,Elaine L., Norton,Robert E., Ma,John T. · Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) · 1968
Prose texts of some two dozen Chinese authors of the 1930's are analyzed for rhythmic patterns of segment- and sentence-length usage. A two-dimensional classification space based on these parameters allows a Cartesian distance ranking, both interauthor and from an established norm. Application of autocovariance and subsequent Fourier transform to the parameters shows varying degrees of periodic structuring and suggests that a unique classification may exist for a given writer. (Author)