The Ising model for changes in word ordering rules in natural languages

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 333-339

  Itoh, Yoshiaki ^a   Ueda, Sumie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ising model; Languages; Word ordering rules

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GRAMMARS; DATA REDUCTION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WORD PROCESSING;

FINITE LATTICES; ISING MODEL; NATURAL LANGUAGES; WORD ORDERING RULES;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 9544223188     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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