How variable may a constant be? measures of lexical richness in perspective

Computers and the Humanities

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 323-352

  Tweedie, Fiona J ^a   Harald Baayen, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lexical statistics; Monte carlo methods; Vocabulary richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013132586     PISSN: 00104817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001749303137     Document Type: Article

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