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This doesn't seem all that groundbreaking, it's just an instance of Zipf's law in action, is it not?
by Finch2192 9y ago
This doesn't seem all that groundbreaking, it's just an instance of Zipf's law in action, is it not?
- kiechu 9y agoYes, that's Zipf's law applied. I doubt that many language learners knew about this law. I think it is still worth pointing out, that when you go through the beginning of the book, reading will become rapidly easier.
- twoodfin 9y agoIt'd be an interesting exercise in Modernist writing to try producing a book that violates Zipf's law, say by hashing all but the most common few hundred words into chapter buckets.
- contravariant 9y agoMaybe, but if you know a nice proof I'd love to hear it.
- ppod 9y agoSpecifically the equivalent Heap's law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaps%27_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaps%27_law