Chief Blingologist (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} alexmizell) wrote,@ 2007-10-05 18:57:00 |
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Zipf's Law
Simply stated, Zipf's law says that a language will contain a relatively smaller number of very common words and a relatively larger number of less common words. We don't need to know every word of a language to understand a lot of it. You can understand a large chunk (perhaps 50%) of English literature with only 130-150 words.
Simply stated, Zipf's law says that a language will contain a relatively smaller number of very common words and a relatively larger number of less common words. We don't need to know every word of a language to understand a lot of it. You can understand a large chunk (perhaps 50%) of English literature with only 130-150 words.
