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Wyllys, Ronald E. – Library Trends, 1981
Explains Zipf's Law of Vocabulary Distribution (i.e., relationship between frequency of a word in a corpus and its rank), noting the discovery of the law, alternative forms, and literature relating to the search for a rationale for Zipf's Law. Thirty-eight references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Mathematical Linguistics, Models, Publications, Statistical Distributions
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Chen, Ye-Sho; Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1989
Establishes a type-token identity relating type-token ratio and bilogarithmic type-token ratio; uses the Simon-Yule model of Zipf's law to drive the type-token ratio and provide a statistical model of text generation; and refines the model to allow for decreasing entry rates of new words. (26 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Mathematical Linguistics, Models, Proof (Mathematics)