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Publication Date: 1981
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Empirical and Theoretical Bases of Zipf's Law.
Wyllys, Ronald E.
Library Trends, v30 n1 p53-64 Sum 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, Theories, Word Frequency
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Language: English
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