starry-side – Page 2 – card models, aviation history and literature

This Android app is part of a project of performing text mining on works of 27 prominent authors. In addition, it displays over 300 beginning lines from various literary works written by over 100 authors.

The following are some of the questions that can be answered by using the app:

Who are the authors whose word usage is most similar to that of a specific author ?
Conversely, which authors are the most different from a specific author ?
Find groups of authors showing high similarity to each other
Style: Which author uses a certain word more often (‘presently’) ?
How rare or common is the usage of a specific word ?
Which authors use French / Spanish / Latin etc. ?
Propensity of authors for using a specific color (what is the color mentioned the most by Virginia Woolf?)
Historically, when was a word first used ? Does it appear in Shakespeare / Old Testament (KJV) ?
Conversely, which authors mention new technology or new words ?
Which authors mention a specific geographical location or people ?
Which authors use certain animal names more frequently ?
Usage of words denoting a specific mood
Style: Usage of common words (the, an)
Usage of numbers, when spelled as words
Usage of specific first names
Words used by only one author
Conversely, words used by all authors
Usage of food related terms
Usage of marine terms
Usage of specific work activities
Usage of legal terms
Which authors mention a pecific flower or other botanical terms
Usage of words starting with a specific letter sequence (‘qu’)
Which authors mention a specific historical figure ?
Usage of religious terms
Is it possible to detect if the writer is male or female, based on word usage ?