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A Comprehensive Study of the Parameters in the Creation and Comparison of Feature Vectors in Distributional Semantic Models 分布语义模型中特征向量创建与比较的参数综合研究

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Journal of Quantitative Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-03-12 DOI: 10.1080/09296174.2019.1570897

A. Dobó, J. Csirik

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引用次数: 5

A Systemic Dynamics Model of Text Production 文本生产的系统动力学模型

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Journal of Quantitative Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-02-11 DOI: 10.1080/09296174.2019.1567301

Giacomo P. Figueredo, G. Figueredo

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引用次数: 3

Quantitative Approaches to the Russian Language 俄语的量化方法

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Journal of Quantitative Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-01-10 DOI: 10.1080/09296174.2018.1558834

E. Kelih

引用次数: 14

Statistical Analysis of the Tables in Mahadevan’s Concordance of the Indus Valley Script 《印度河流域文字玛哈德万汇编》表的统计分析

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Journal of Quantitative Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/09296174.2017.1406294

M. Oakes

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引用次数: 0

On the ‘Stickiness’ of Words. A Comparative Language Study Screening the Internet for English, German, French and Latin Phrases 关于单词的“粘性”。一项比较语言研究:筛选网络上的英语、德语、法语和拉丁语短语

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Journal of Quantitative Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/09296174.2018.1451206

M. Berger

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引用次数: 0

Levels of Statistical Use in Applied Linguistics Research Articles: From 1986 to 2015 应用语言学研究文章中的统计使用水平：从1986年到2015年

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Journal of Quantitative Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/09296174.2017.1421498

Reza Khany, Khalil Tazik

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引用次数: 18

Menzerath-Altmann Law and Prothetic /v/ in Spoken Czech Menzerath-Altmann Law和prosthetics /v/ in口语捷克语

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Journal of Quantitative Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/09296174.2018.1424493

Ján Mačutek, J. Chromý, M. Koščová

引用次数: 8

The Stylometric Impacts of Ageing and Life Events on Identity 年龄和生活事件对身份的文体影响

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Journal of Quantitative Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/09296174.2017.1405719

D. Kernot, T. Bossomaier, R. Bradbury

引用次数: 10

Is the Menzerath-Altmann Law Specific to Certain Languages in Certain Registers? Menzerath Altmann定律是特定于某些寄存器中的某些语言的吗？

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Journal of Quantitative Linguistics Pub Date : 2018-10-18 DOI: 10.1080/09296174.2018.1532158

Lirong Xu, Lianzhen He

引用次数: 9

Dynamic Lexical Features of PhD Theses across Disciplines: A Text Mining Approach 跨学科博士论文的动态词汇特征：一种文本挖掘方法

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Journal of Quantitative Linguistics Pub Date : 2018-10-15 DOI: 10.1080/09296174.2018.1531618

Wei Xiao, S. Sun

引用次数: 14