How do we use language? Shared patterns in the frequency of word use across 17 world languages

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2011-04-12

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Linguistics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1098/rstb.2010.0315PMID 21357232PMCID PMC3049087
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