Zipf's Law of Abbreviation and the Principle of Least Effort: Language users optimise a miniature lexicon for efficient communication. Kanwal, J., Smith, K., Culbertson, J., & Kirby, S. Cognition, 165:45–52, 2017. doi bibtex 3 downloads @article{kanwal2017zipf,
author = {Kanwal, Jasmeen and Smith, Kenny and Culbertson, Jennifer and Kirby, Simon},
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doi = {10.1016/j.cognition.2017.05.001},
journal = {Cognition},
keywords = {Artificial language learning, Typology, Language Evolution},
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title = {Zipf's Law of Abbreviation and the Principle of Least Effort: Language users optimise a miniature lexicon for efficient communication},
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year = {2017},
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