RESEARCH ARTICLES
Ferrer-i-Cancho, R., Bentz, C., and Seguin, C. (2022). Optimal coding and the origins of Zipfian laws. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 29(2) 165-194. doi: 10.1080/09296174.2020.1778387
Semple, S., Ferrer-i-Cancho, R. & Gustison, M. (2022). Linguistic laws in biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37(1), 53-66. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.08.012
BOOKS
(when available from UPC’s library, a link is provided).
Baayen, R. Harald (2008). Analyzing Linguistic Data: A practical introduction to statistics using R. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Hard copy available: https://discovery.upc.edu/permalink/34CSUC_UPC/rdgucl/alma991003354579706711
Bentz, Christian. (2018). Adaptive Languages: An Information-Theoretic Account of Linguistic Diversity. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110560107. Electronic version available: https://discovery.upc.edu/permalink/34CSUC_UPC/8e3cvp/alma991005066679206711
Best, Karl-Heinz & Rottmann, Otto (2017). Quantitative Linguistics, an Invitation. Studies in quantitative linguistics 25. RAM-Verlag (extended edition of “Quantitative Linguistik. Eine Annäherung”, 3rd edition; Göttingen: Peust & Gutschmidt Verlag 2006). Hard copy available: https://discovery.upc.edu/permalink/34CSUC_UPC/rdgucl/alma991004215239706711
Debowski, Lukasz (2021). Information Theory Meets Power Laws: Stochastic Processes and Language Models. Wiley.
Herdan, Gustav (1962). The calculus of linguistic observations. The Hague, Netherlands: Mouton. Electronic version available: https://discovery.upc.edu/permalink/34CSUC_UPC/8e3cvp/alma991005066679006711
Levshina, Natalia (2023). Communicative efficiency: Language structure and use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Tanaka-Ishii, Kumiko (2021). Statistical Universals of Language: Mathematical Chance vs. Human Choice, Springer International Publishing AG. https://discovery.upc.edu/permalink/34CSUC_UPC/8e3cvp/alma991001812669706711 Digital copy available from ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.recursos.biblioteca.upc.edu/lib/upcatalunya-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6533322
Zipf, George K. (1949). Human behavior and the principle of least effort. Addison-Wesley Press.