A Language as a Self-Organized Critical System

Figure 1

The empirical probability density function for the random variable “the number of words in a text” (double-logarithmic scale). (a) English texts, joint sample, (b) English literary works, (c) English poetry, (d) Russian texts, joint sample, (e) Russian literary works, and (f) Russian poetry. Dashed straight lines correspond to power exponents estimated using data collapse.

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