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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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481586/ |