Fractal power law in literary English

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 360, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 557-575

  Goncalves L L ^a   Goncalves L B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fractal power law; Lexical wealth; Literary English; New applications of statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

FRACTAL POWER LAW; LEXICAL WEALTH; LITERARY ENGLISH; NEW APPLICATIONS OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 27744553839     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.06.049     Document Type: Article

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