diff --git a/2.Ghost-Writing.md b/2.Ghost-Writing.md index afaa4f4..7c7b13a 100644 --- a/2.Ghost-Writing.md +++ b/2.Ghost-Writing.md @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ Strachey's Love Letters have been studied before. [David Link](http://www.alpha6 The program we are about to write in a "modern" computing language (i.e. javascript/p5js) is a modified version of [Nick Montfort](https://nickm.com)'s letter.py source code written in python. Montfort's letter.py was based on Noah Wardrip-Fruin's article ["Digital Media Archaeology."](https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1525/9780520948518-016/html) -### Love Letters' structure +### An Archaeology of Love Letters' structure First, let's have a look at love letters to see what they look like. David Link has generated an [archive of simulated letters](http://www.alpha60.de/art/love_letters/archive/muc/). @@ -330,8 +330,12 @@ Which can be coded as: MY + ```adjective``` + ```noun``` + . -In terms of the sequence of sentences, we can notice that -1. the short form MY + ```adjective``` + ```noun``` + . always follows the other short form YOU ARE MY + ```adjective``` + ```noun``` + . +So we have two types of sentences: +* long form: ```determiner``` + ```noun``` + ```adverb``` + ```verb``` + ```determiner``` + ```adjective``` + ```noun``` + . +* short form: YOU ARE MY + ```adjective``` + ```noun``` + . OR MY + ```adjective``` + ```noun``` + . + +In terms of sentences sequencing we notice that: +1. the short form MY + ```adjective``` + ```noun``` + . always follows the other short form YOU ARE MY + ```adjective``` + ```noun``` + . This short form never follows the long form. 2. short form YOU ARE MY + ```adjective``` + ```noun``` + . is never followed by the same short form YOU ARE MY + ```adjective``` + ```noun``` + .