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  Table 3.

  Frequencies of syllable sequence types and comparison with Homer. Poem minus vv. 342-82, 696-759

 

 

Sequence  type

Number

% of    total

% for Homer

Expected from Homer

High or Low

÷2

÷2 probability

Difference significant?

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ddddd

106

14.7

18.9

135.9

L

7.84

0.5

definitely

sdddd

81

11.3

13.2

94.9

L

2.18

14

no

dsddd

124

17.2

14.8

106.4

H

3.22

7.3

possibly

ddsdd

24

3.3

4.2

30.2

L

1.12

29

no

dddsd

49

6.8

8.5

61.1

L

2.41

12

no

dddds

9

1.3

1.02

7.3

H

0.19

66

no

ssddd

75

10.4

8.1

58.2

H

4.94

2.6

probably

sdsdd

23

3.2

2.8

20.1

H

0.29

59

no

sddsd

34

4.7

6.2

44.6

L

2.42

12

no

sddds

5

0.7

0.92

6.6

L

0.19

66

no

dssdd

33

4.6

3.3

23.7

H

3.35

6.7

possibly

dsdsd

43

6

6.4

46

L

0.15

70

no

dsdds

7

1

0.79

5.7

H

0.12

73

no

ddssd

14

1.9

1.34

9.6

H

1.57

23

no

ddsds

5

0.7

0.2

1.4

H

6.53

1.1

? (small sample)

dddss

2

0.3

0.39

2.8

same

no

sssdd

14

1.9

1.33

9.6

H

1.64

20

no

ssdsd

29

4

3.8

27.3

H

0.05

82

no

ssdds

3

0.4

0.47

3.4

same

 

 

no

sdssd

11

1.5

0.76

5.5

H

4.68

3.1

probably

sdsds

1

0.1

0.12

0.9

same

 

 

no

sddss

1

0.1

0.24

1.7

same

no

dsssd

11

1.5

0.83

6

H

3.47

6.3

possibly

dssds

4

0.6

0.22

1.6

H

2.33

13

no

dsdss

1

0.1

0.29

2.1

L

0.16

69

no

ddsss

1

0.1

0.05

0.4

same

 

no

ssssd

5

0.7

0.33

2.4

H

1.91

17

no

sssds

2

0.3

0.05

0.4

H

3.62

5.7

? (small sample)

ssdss

2

0.3

0.12

0.9

H

0.47

49

no

sdsss

0

0

0.02

0.1

same

 

 

no

dssss

0

0

0.03

0.2

same

 

 

no

sssss

0

0

0.02

0.1

same

 

 

no

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   Total         719

 

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