Dissemination Dynamics of Receding Words: A Diachronic Case Study of Whom
We explore the relationship between word dissemination and frequency change for a rapidly receding feature, the relativizer whom. The success of newly emerging words has been shown to correlate with high dissemination scores. However, the reverse—a correlation of lower dissemination scores with rece...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frai.2021.654154/full |