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| Nature 178, 1308 (08 December 1956); doi:10.1038/1781308a0 |
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A Theory of Word-Frequency Distribution
A. F. PARKER-RHODES & T. JOYCE
Cambridge Language Research Unit, 20 Millington Road, Cambridge.
THE object of this communication is to show that a certain remarkably simple experimental relation governing word-frequencies in language can be explained by a simple model of the process of searching for information, about each word heard or read, in the memory of words employed in the language faculty.
- Zipf, G. K. , "The Psycho-biology of Language" (Boston, 1935).
- Dewey, G. , "Relative Frequency of English Speech Sounds" (Cambridge, Mass., 1923).
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