Infrequency

andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk
Wed Feb 19 04:12:00 CST 1997


Henry M. writes:
> I've seen statistical analyses of texts that delineate words used
> repeatedly by an  author, whether in a particular passage, work, or
> period. But doesn't absence or infrequency of expected words say as
> much as...

Recall Zipf's Principle of Least Effort . . .


Andrew Dinn
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