著者

工藤 彰 岡田 猛 ドミニク チェン

出版者

日本認知科学会

雑誌

認知科学 (ISSN:13417924)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.22, no.4, pp.573-590, 2015

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the writing style and revision process of<br>a contemporary fiction writer from a cognitive science perspective. We focus on the<br> work of Mishima Prize winning author, Otaro Maijo. Using Type Trace, a text editor<br> devised by Dividual Inc., as an analysis tool for observing the writing process, we con-<br>sider features that have not been detected by creative experiment, protocol analysis or<br> manuscript research. Based on observations of Maijo's writing process, firstly revisions<br> are categorized as additions, deletions, substitutions, distributions, or consolidations.<br> Secondly, revisions are further classified as "revisions at a generative point", "revisions<br> in a generative sentence", "revisions in a generative paragraph", or "revisions beyond<br> the generative paragraph", according to the remoteness of the revision from the point<br> of composition. The results reveal that revisions such as the substitution of words and<br> adjustments in sentence length were mostly performed together with text generation.<br> All revisions that were made after an interlude took the form of revisions far removed<br> from sentence generation. We find that Maijo's writing style tends to be maintained<br> for several weeks to months and then changes substantially.