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Zipf’s law of abbreviation and the principle of least effort: language users optimise a miniature lexicon for efficient communication
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2013 · External reference
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Zipf’s Law of Abbreviation holds for individual characters across a broad range of writing systems
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Linguistic laws in chimpanzee gestural communication
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2023 · External reference
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2023 · External reference
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2012 · External reference
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2020 · External reference
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