Evolution of the most common English words and phrases over the centuries

By determining the most common English words and phrases since the beginning of the sixteenth century, we obtain a unique large-scale view of the evolution of written text. We find that the most common words and phrases in any given year had a much shorter popularity lifespan in the sixteenth centur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perc, Matjaž
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481586/