On the relation between the type–token and species-area problems
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Applied Probability
- Vol. 19 (4) , 785-793
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3213831
Abstract
The species-area problem in biology and the type-token problem in literary studies are analogues of one another but have nearly disjoint literatures. Here their relationship is treated, a critique of models used in each is made and Markovian models are provided for two well-known empirical models from the species-area literature. Finally, some of the assumptions underlying each of these models are considered in the light of literary data.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Some elaborations upon Gani's model for the type-token relationshipJournal of Applied Probability, 1981
- Some elaborations upon Gani's model for the type-token relationshipJournal of Applied Probability, 1981
- Stochastic Abundance ModelsPublished by Springer Nature ,1978
- Estimating an Author's VocabularyJournal of the American Statistical Association, 1973
- On the relation between types and tokens in literary textJournal of Applied Probability, 1972
- On the relation between types and tokens in literary textJournal of Applied Probability, 1972
- On the theory of word frequencies and on related Markovian models of discourseProceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics, 1961
- On the Relation Between Species and AreaEcology, 1922
- Species and AreaJournal of Ecology, 1921