Woordtelling

Die woordtelling is die aantal woorde in 'n dokument of teksgedeelte. Woordtelling mag nodig wees wanneer 'n teks vereis word om binne 'n sekere getal woorde te bly. Dit kan veral die geval wees in akademie, regsgedinge, joernalistiek en advertensies. Woordtelling word algemeen deur vertalers gebruik om die prys van 'n vertaalwerk te bepaal. Woordtellings kan ook gebruik word om mate van leesbaarheid te bereken en om tik- en leesspoed te meet (gewoonlik in woorde per minuut). Wanneer karaktertellings na woorde omgeskakel word, word 'n maatstaf van vyf of ses karakters gewoonlik gebruik om 'n woord te tel in Engels.[1]

Sagteware

Moderne webblaaiers ondersteun woordtelling via uitbreidings, via 'n JavaScript-boekmerk, of 'n skrif wat op 'n webwerf gehuisves word. Die meeste woordverwerkers kan ook woorde tel. Unix-agtige stelsels sluit 'n program, wc, spesifiek vir woordtelling in. Daar is 'n wye verskeidenheid woordtelhulpmiddels wat aanlyn beskikbaar is. Verskillende woordtelprogramme kan verskillende resultate gee, afhangende van die tekssegmenteringsreëlbesonderhede. Die presiese aantal woorde is dikwels nie 'n streng vereiste nie, dus is die variasie aanvaarbaar.

In fiksie

Die romanskrywer Jane Smiley stel voor dat lengte 'n belangrike eienskap van die roman is.[2] Romans kan egter geweldig in lengte verskil; Smiley lys romans as tipies tussen 100 000 en 175 000 woorde,[3] terwyl National Novel Writing Month vereis dat sy romans ten minste 50 000 woorde moet wees. Daar is geen vaste reëls nie: byvoorbeeld, die grens tussen 'n novelle en 'n roman is arbitrêr en 'n literêre werk kan moeilik wees om te kategoriseer.[4] Terwyl die lengte van 'n roman in 'n groot mate aan die skrywer daarvan berus,[5] kan lengtes ook volgens subgenre verskil; baie hoofstukboeke vir kinders begin by 'n lengte van ongeveer 16 000 woorde,[6] en 'n tipiese raaiselroman kan tussen 60 000 en 80 000 woorde bevat, terwyl 'n riller meer as 100 000 woorde kan wees.[7]

Die Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America spesifiseer woordtellings vir elke kategorie van sy Nebula Award kategorieë:[8]

Klassifikasie	Woordtelling
Boek	40 000 woorde of meer
Novella	17 500 tot 39 999 woorde
Novelette	7 500 tot 17 499 woorde
Kortverhaal	tot 7 500 woorde

In nie-fiksie

Die aanvaarbare lengte van 'n akademiese proefskrif verskil baie, hoofsaaklik afhanklik van die onderwerp. Talle Amerikaanse universiteite beperk Ph.D. verhandelings tot 100 000 woorde, met die uitsluiting van spesiale toestemming vir die oorskryding van hierdie beperking.[9]

Sien ook

Blitsfiksie

Verwysings

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America suggest 6 chars to a word
Smiley, Jane. 2005. Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, p. 14.
Smiley, 2005, p. 15.
Edge, Tom, "Does Size Matter?" The Guardian (UK), Booksblog, Nov. 2, 2006. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2006/nov/02/doessizematter
Quindlen, Anna (September 23, 2002), "Writers on Writing: The Eye of the Reporter, the Heart of the Novelist", New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/23/books/writers-on-writing-the-eye-of-the-reporter-the-heart-of-the-novelist.html, "A novelist doesn't write to space, of course; 80,000 words, 100,000, it is up to the writer to say when the story is done.".
Lamb, Nancy, Crafting Stories for Children. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, p. 24
Thurston, Carol (August 3, 1997), "Agents give writers the book on what's hot and what's not", Austin American-Statesman, "no one wants more than 60-80,000 words in a mystery, 110,000 for a thriller".
SFWA Awards FAQ, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as follows:
Dunleavy, Patrick (2003), Authoring a PhD, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 46, ISBN 978-1-4039-1191-9.

Bronnelys

DeRocher, James E.; Miron, Murray S.; Patten, Sam M.; Pratt, Charles C. (1973), The Counting of Words: A Review of the History, Techniques and Theory of Word Counts with Annotated Bibliography, Syracuse University Research Corporation, pp. 302, ED098814, http://eric.ed.gov:80/PDFS/ED098814.pdf.
Rothman, Chuck (2005), Word Counts: What Is a Word?, Science Fiction Writers of America, http://www.sfwa.org/2005/01/what-is-a-word/. An article on various word count methods in fiction publishing.
Michaels, Melisa (2005), Focusing on the Wrong Things, Science Fiction Writers of America, https://charactercounter.cc/ An article on the relative importance of various word count methods in fiction publishing.

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[1] The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America suggest 6 chars to a word

[2] Smiley, Jane. 2005. Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, p. 14.

[3] Smiley, 2005, p. 15.

[4] Edge, Tom, "Does Size Matter?" The Guardian (UK), Booksblog, Nov. 2, 2006. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2006/nov/02/doessizematter

[5] Quindlen, Anna (September 23, 2002), "Writers on Writing: The Eye of the Reporter, the Heart of the Novelist", New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/23/books/writers-on-writing-the-eye-of-the-reporter-the-heart-of-the-novelist.html, "A novelist doesn't write to space, of course; 80,000 words, 100,000, it is up to the writer to say when the story is done.".

[6] Lamb, Nancy, Crafting Stories for Children. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, p. 24

[7] Thurston, Carol (August 3, 1997), "Agents give writers the book on what's hot and what's not", Austin American-Statesman, "no one wants more than 60-80,000 words in a mystery, 110,000 for a thriller".

[8] SFWA Awards FAQ, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as follows:

[9] Dunleavy, Patrick (2003), Authoring a PhD, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 46, ISBN 978-1-4039-1191-9.