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Variation in Word Frequency Distributions: Definitions, Measures and Implications for a Corpus-Based Language Typology

Christian BentzDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom;Department of General Linguistics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dimitrios AlikaniotisDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Tanja SamardžićURPP on Language and Space, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Paula ButteryDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Pages 128-162 | Published online: 17 Jan 2017

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