Quote: Zipf's law is from a vocabulary balance between speakers wanting to use the same word for all tasks and listeners wanting different words

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What is not widely known is that Zipf … In short, the rank:frequency distribution of words in … [p. 190] For Zipf, " … words are tools that are used to convey … [Zipf, Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort, Hafner Publishing, 1949, 1965 p. 20]. As people communicate using words as tools, there occur, according … situation for the speaker is if he can … The "listener's economy" of language would dictate that … each linguistic task the speaker wanted to perform. … The result of the competing economies of the … more than one word in communication but is … Vocabulary balance means that the total effort of …   Google-1   Google-2

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