George Kingsley Zipf
George Kingsley Zipf was an American linguist and philologist known for his work in the field of statistical linguistics. He is best known for Zipf's law, which describes the frequency distribution of words in a language, suggesting that the frequency of any word is inversely proportional to its rank in the frequency table. His research laid the groundwork for understanding the efficiency of language and communication systems, influencing various fields, including linguistics, sociology, and information theory.
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George Kingsley Zipf was a linguist known for his work on the laws of language, including the Zipf's law of frequency distribution.
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