On Nov 7, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Andy Kelly wrote: > I'd just come across the term for this sort of phrase recycling. A > *snowclone* [1] is a type of cliché and phrasal template [2] originally > defined as "a multi-use, customizable, instantly recognizable, time-worn, > quoted or misquoted phrase or sentence that can be used in an entirely open > array of different variants"... It's interesting City of God topped the > list...
Yes, the question, "How 'great' are the Great Books?" is definitely a play on words. But at the same time I really am trying to apply quantitative methods to qualitative values, and yes, this is an application in natural language processing. See "Measuring the Great Books". [3] As of today the survey has been answered more than 3,000 times by more than 200 people. (See the map. [4]) The City of God is no longer at the top but rather Don Quixote is #1 and City of God is #6. [1] snowclone - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone [2] template - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrasal_template [3] measuring - http://bit.ly/cMBjEO [4] map - http://bit.ly/9bYXRA -- Eric "Shooting For 100,000 Answered Surveys" Morgan University of Notre Dame
