TY - JOUR
T1 - On the Universal Quantitative Pattern of the Distribution of Initial Characters in General Dictionaries
T2 - The Exponential Distribution is Valid for Various Languages
AU - Shulzinger, Evgeny
AU - Bormashenko, Edward
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/10/2
Y1 - 2017/10/2
N2 - A language is treated as a formal set of characters built into words. The distribution of initial characters in various general dictionaries is uneven. We demonstrate the existence of a consistent general pattern in the distribution of initial characters appearing in various dictionaries. This distribution is satisfactorily described by exponential fitting. The affined languages (related to the same language group) demonstrate close parameters of the exponential fitting curve. A separate treatment of consonants and vowels is instructive. The exponential pattern was registered for the checked physical (paperback) and electronic dictionaries.
AB - A language is treated as a formal set of characters built into words. The distribution of initial characters in various general dictionaries is uneven. We demonstrate the existence of a consistent general pattern in the distribution of initial characters appearing in various dictionaries. This distribution is satisfactorily described by exponential fitting. The affined languages (related to the same language group) demonstrate close parameters of the exponential fitting curve. A separate treatment of consonants and vowels is instructive. The exponential pattern was registered for the checked physical (paperback) and electronic dictionaries.
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U2 - 10.1080/09296174.2017.1304620
DO - 10.1080/09296174.2017.1304620
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AN - SCOPUS:85017036353
SN - 0929-6174
VL - 24
SP - 273
EP - 288
JO - Journal of Quantitative Linguistics
JF - Journal of Quantitative Linguistics
IS - 4
ER -