DocumentCode
920633
Title
Statistical calculation of word entropies for four Western languages
Author
Barnard, G.A., III
Volume
1
Issue
1
fYear
1955
fDate
3/1/1955 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
49
Lastpage
53
Abstract
Using a modified version of Shannon´s method, comparative figures for the word-letter entropies of printed English, French, German, and Spanish are obtained and the method described.
Keywords
Books; Education; Entropy; Frequency; Frequency estimation; Inspection; Natural languages; Probability; Samarium; Sampling methods; Speech;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IRE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-1000
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIT.1955.1055123
Filename
1055123
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