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Word lengths are optimized for efficient communication
We demonstrate a substantial improvement on one of the most celebrated empirical laws in the study of language, Zipf's 75-y-old theory that word length is primarily determined by frequency of use. In accord with rational theories of communication, we show across 10 languages that average inform...
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Sprog: | Inglês |
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National Academy of Sciences
2011
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| Online adgang: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048148/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21278332 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1012551108 |
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