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The Psycho-Biology of Language - An Introdution to Dynamic Philology (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,475
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The Psycho-Biology of Language - An Introdution to Dynamic Philology (Paperback): George K. Zipf

The Psycho-Biology of Language - An Introdution to Dynamic Philology (Paperback)

George K. Zipf; Introduction by George A. Miller

Series: The MIT Press

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An investigation of speech as a form of behavior, examined in the manner of the exact sciences by the direct application of statistical principles to the objective speech-phenomena. The findings of an extensive investigation of the stream of speech which is viewed as but a series of communicative gestures, presented in such a manner that they will be readily available not only to the professional linguist, but to any serious reader interested in linguistic phenomena. The author provides evidence for example, that the length of a word, far from being a random matter, is closely related to the frequency of its usage-the greater the frequency, the shorter the word. It can furthermore be shown that either from speech-sounds, or from roots and affixes, or from words or phrases, that the more complex any speech-element is phonetically, the less frequently it occurs.All the author's evidence points quite conclusively to the existence of a fundamental condition of equilibrium between the form and function of speech-habits, or speech-patterns in any language.

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Imprint: MIT Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: The MIT Press
Release date: August 1965
First published: August 1965
Authors: George K. Zipf
Introduction by: George A. Miller
Dimensions: 216 x 143 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-74002-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General
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LSN: 0-262-74002-8
Barcode: 9780262740029

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