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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Corpora colleagues, we (Juliana, Ludmila,
Alina and I) study the differences in the use of the ing-forms (Gerund,
Participle 1 and Verbal Noun) in the texts of the male and female writers. We
also try to find out if there is any difference in the texts of the American and
British writers in this respect. The differences are studied with the help of
"chi-square" criterion. Could you advise some other powelful
statistical criterion as well? It is also interesting if there is any
time difference. I mean writers of the 18th, 19th, or 20th centuries. I could
never find any publications in the respect of the use of Gerund and other
ing-forms. May be, you could advice me any? Looking forward to hearing from you
soon to <A href="mailto:yutamb@hotmail.com">yutamb@hotmail.com</A> Yours
sincerely Yuri Tambovtsev</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>