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The
purpose of this dataset is to collate average word lengths in Greek in
the Classical period (using a sample of text from the fifth century BCE)
and the average word lengths in the Post-classical period (using a
sample of text from the first century CE). This dataset, which is stored
as an CSV file in the Harvard Dataverse, has been used to demonstrate
that the average length of words in Greek increased significantly
between the Classical and Post-classical periods. It comprises two word
lists and corresponding word lengths for each sample; a table of the
average word lengths (for nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and total)
of each sample and the statistical t-test results showing the
significance of the difference in word lengths between Classical and
Post-classical Greek. This dataset has a reuse potential for linguists
investigating diachronic change in word lengths as well as for
historical linguists looking at the evolution of Classical and
Post-classical Greek.
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