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Journal of Quantitative Linguistics Volume 21, 2014 - Issue 3
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Trends in Language Evolution found from the Frequency Structure of Texts Mapped Against the Bose-DistributionFootnote

Andrij RovenchakDepartment for Theoretical Physics, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine
Pages 281-294 | Published online: 17 Jun 2014
 
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ABSTRACT

Some hints towards the evolution of languages are obtained using the analogy between the Bose-distribution and frequency structure of text. Simplification of grammar with time is clearly observed on the examples of several language lineages from the values of calculated text parameters.

Acknowledgements

I am grateful to Jan Mačutek for discussions on some issues raised in this paper. This work was partly supported by Project ФФ-110Ф (No. 0112U001275) from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Notes

* Address correspondence to: Andrij Rovenchak, Department for Theoretical Physics, 12 Drahomanov Street, Lviv, UA-79005, Ukraine. tel: +380 32 2614443. E-mail: [email protected]

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