Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Linguist
Mathematician |
| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:Harvard_University
|
| gptkbp:awards |
Fellow_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
|
| gptkbp:born |
January 15, 1902
|
| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:George_Zipf_Jr.
|
| gptkbp:contribution |
Development of Zipf's law
Quantitative analysis of language Studies on language and information theory |
| gptkbp:died |
September 8, 1950
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| gptkbp:field |
Linguistics
Mathematics Information theory |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
George Kingsley Zipf
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
Linguistics
Statistics Information theory |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:William_James
gptkb:John_Dewey gptkb:Charles_Sanders_Peirce |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
gptkb:Zipf's_law
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
Foundational work in linguistics
Impact on data science Influence on computational linguistics |
| gptkbp:nationality |
American
|
| gptkbp:notableAlumni |
Zipf's law of abbreviation
Zipf's law of word frequency |
| gptkbp:notableWork |
Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort
Selected Studies in the History of Linguistics The Law of Least Effort The Zipf Hypothesis The_Psycho-Biology_of_Language The_Principles_of_Least_Effort_in_Language_and_Communication |
| gptkbp:occupation |
Professor
|
| gptkbp:researchFocus |
Sociolinguistics
Quantitative linguistics Statistical linguistics |
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Margaret_Zipf
|
| gptkbp:workLocation |
gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:Harvard_University gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley |