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A Guide to Stylo-statistical Investigations

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The Advanced Theory of Language as Choice and Chance

Part of the book series: Kommunikation und Kybernetik in Einzeldarstellungen ((COMMUNICATION,volume 4))

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For statistics to be unimpeachable, the individuals, the populations and the characteristics observed must be clearly defined. This requirement may seem to make it appear hazardous to work with ‘words’ as units, because as some linguists maintain, there is so far no satisfactory definition of the word.

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    Gustav Herdan M. Sc., Ph. D., LL. D.

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Herdan, G. (1966). A Guide to Stylo-statistical Investigations. In: The Advanced Theory of Language as Choice and Chance. Kommunikation und Kybernetik in Einzeldarstellungen, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88388-0_8

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