Fitting ranked english and spanish letter frequency distribution in US and Mexican presidential speeches

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 337-358

  Li, Wentian ^a   Miramontes, Pedro ^b  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 84863116787     PISSN: 09296174     EISSN: 17445035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09296174.2011.608606     Document Type: Review

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