Cutting the gordian knot: The moving-average type-token ratio (MATTR)

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-100

  Covington, Michael A ^a   McFall, Joe D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 77952381598     PISSN: 09296174     EISSN: 17445035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09296171003643098     Document Type: Review

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