The networks of syllables and characters in Chinese

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-255

  Peng, Gang ^a,b   Minett, James W ^b   Wang, William S Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 65749149390     PISSN: 09296174     EISSN: 17445035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09296170802159488     Document Type: Article

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