Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
statistical law
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
natural languages
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| gptkbp:category |
statistical linguistics
statistical regularities |
| gptkbp:describes |
frequency distribution of words
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| gptkbp:example |
the most frequent word occurs about twice as often as the second most frequent word
the most frequent word occurs about three times as often as the third most frequent word |
| gptkbp:form |
f(r) ~ 1/r^s
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| gptkbp:formedBy |
1930s
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Zipf's Law
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| gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:George_Kingsley_Zipf
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| gptkbp:parameter |
s ≈ 1 for natural languages
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Benford's_law
gptkb:Pareto_principle power law |
| gptkbp:state |
frequency of any word is inversely proportional to its rank
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| gptkbp:usedIn |
information science
linguistics demography bibliometrics web traffic analysis |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Law_of_Least_Effort
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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