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Some elaborations upon Gani's model for the type-token relationship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Barron Brainerd
Barron Brainerd*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
*
∗Postal address: Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 1A1.
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Abstract

This paper considers certain stochastic models for token and type counts in literary texts. Elaborating on some models of Gani, it is shown that reasonable fits can be obtained to some data of Yule on Macaulay's Essays.

Keywords

TYPETOKENHAPAXREGRESSIONBMDPAR
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , June 1981 , pp. 452 - 460
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 

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