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Homogeneity and heterogeneity in language; in answer to Edward L. Thorndike

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Recommended for publication by Dr. J. R. Kantor, September 15, 1938.

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Zipf, G.K. Homogeneity and heterogeneity in language; in answer to Edward L. Thorndike. Psychol Rec 2, 347–367 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393222

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