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The Evolution of the Exponent of Zipf's Law in Language Ontogeny

It is well-known that word frequencies arrange themselves according to Zipf's law. However, little is known about the dependency of the parameters of the law and the complexity of a communication system. Many models of the evolution of language assume that the exponent of the law remains consta...

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Autores principales: Baixeries, Jaume, Elvevåg, Brita, Ferrer-i-Cancho, Ramon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3596411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23516390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053227