The following article exemplifies the possibilities of computer-aided text analysis on a sample of Slovenian text from the novel Namesto koga roža cveti by Feri Lainšček. The novel has a corpus of 47,976 words (tokens) and 8,049 different lexemes. The results provide statistical material for both continuative and comparative study. The article refers to the inevitability of computer technology in linguistic research because computers make data management and handling more reliable and efficient. Despite the technical facilitation computers can provide, human intervention is still required to make decisions about questions that go beyond the quantitative aspect.
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