Lexical evolution rates derived from automated stability measures

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2010, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Petroni, Filippo ^a   Serva, Maurizio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

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EID: 77950192138     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2010/03/P03015     Document Type: Article

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