The Large-Scale Structure of Semantic Networks: Statistical Analyses and a Model of Semantic Growth

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Cognitive Sciences

• Publication date

  2005-01-02

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Linguistics, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1207/s15516709cog2901_3PMID 21702767
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