Stylomech: Unveiling Authorship via Computational Stylometry in English and Romanized Sinhala

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel computational stylometry method for authorship attribution in English and Romanized Sinhala, focusing on comparing pairs of texts to enhance content verification and address intellectual property issues.

Contribution

It presents a unique approach that compares only two texts using numerical representations, expanding authorship attribution to less-explored linguistic contexts like Romanized Sinhala.

Findings

Effective in distinguishing authors with limited text comparison

Applicable to multiple languages including Sinhala and English

Enhances trust and accountability in digital content

Abstract

With the advent of Web 2.0, the development in social technology coupled with global communication systematically brought positive and negative impacts to society. Copyright claims and Author identification are deemed crucial as there has been a considerable amount of increase in content violation owing to the lack of proper ethics in society. The Author's attribution in both English and Romanized Sinhala became a major requirement in the last few decades. As an area largely unexplored, particularly within the context of Romanized Sinhala, the research contributes significantly to the field of computational linguistics. The proposed author attribution system offers a unique approach, allowing for the comparison of only two sets of text: suspect author and anonymous text, a departure from traditional methodologies which often rely on larger corpora. This work focuses on using the numerical representation of various pairs of the same and different authors allowing for, the model to train on these representations as opposed to text, this allows for it to apply to a multitude of authors and contexts, given that the suspected author text, and the anonymous text are of reasonable quality. By expanding the scope of authorship attribution to encompass diverse linguistic contexts, the work contributes to fostering trust and accountability in digital communication, especially in Sri Lanka. This research presents a pioneering approach to author attribution in both English and Romanized Sinhala, addressing a critical need for content verification and intellectual property rights enforcement in the digital age.