Apr-30-2019, 10:34 AM
Hello,
I'm a student researcher and am trying to get a program to run in Python, however I'm on my second attempt and don't think I have the expertise to be able to figure this out on my own. I feel a bit bad asking for help with nothing to offer in return, but as a recompense I could write a summary of the method into the tutorial thread for others who might like to try out this program once I get it going...
So...
The program is called Colin Martindale's Regressive Imagery Dictionary. In short, what it does is read texts for the amount of "regressive" language in it. Basically that means, how archetypal, how creative, how sub-conscious the text is. Martindale used this program for predicting stylistic changes across the history of English poetry, I personally have been using it to assess second-language learners creative writing and to refine instruction practices. I say "have been" because there is a free version online, but you only get 10 runs or a month use, which ever comes first. That by the way is here,
https://provalisresearch.com/products/co...ictionary/
Anywho, I've long since used up my free trial on every computer I have access to so I want to learn to use the Python version.
The link to the program in Python is here,
https://pypi.org/project/regressive-imag...escription
And there is some additional information here,
https://github.com/jefftriplett/rid.py
And an example of the program author's playing around with the program here,
http://lemonodor.com/archives/001511.html
So, where I'm at is I've gotten python installed and have gone through many numerous webpages and YouTube videos but am just about as clueless as when I started. If anyone out there were able to talk me through some of this it would be greatly appreciated, and you would have the pride of knowing you are contributing to applied linguistics educational research, hopefully making the world a better place, especially for kids learning creative writing...
I'm a student researcher and am trying to get a program to run in Python, however I'm on my second attempt and don't think I have the expertise to be able to figure this out on my own. I feel a bit bad asking for help with nothing to offer in return, but as a recompense I could write a summary of the method into the tutorial thread for others who might like to try out this program once I get it going...
So...
The program is called Colin Martindale's Regressive Imagery Dictionary. In short, what it does is read texts for the amount of "regressive" language in it. Basically that means, how archetypal, how creative, how sub-conscious the text is. Martindale used this program for predicting stylistic changes across the history of English poetry, I personally have been using it to assess second-language learners creative writing and to refine instruction practices. I say "have been" because there is a free version online, but you only get 10 runs or a month use, which ever comes first. That by the way is here,
https://provalisresearch.com/products/co...ictionary/
Anywho, I've long since used up my free trial on every computer I have access to so I want to learn to use the Python version.
The link to the program in Python is here,
https://pypi.org/project/regressive-imag...escription
And there is some additional information here,
https://github.com/jefftriplett/rid.py
And an example of the program author's playing around with the program here,
http://lemonodor.com/archives/001511.html
So, where I'm at is I've gotten python installed and have gone through many numerous webpages and YouTube videos but am just about as clueless as when I started. If anyone out there were able to talk me through some of this it would be greatly appreciated, and you would have the pride of knowing you are contributing to applied linguistics educational research, hopefully making the world a better place, especially for kids learning creative writing...
