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George Kingsley Zipf

61

Works

16,083

Citations

23

h-index

28

i10-index

Research Topics

Phonetics and Phonology Research Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Linguistics and Cultural Studies

Affiliations

Harvard University Press1937–1950

Top Works

Human behavior and the principle of least effort

George Kingsley Zipf

19496,446 citations

Educational and Psychological Assessments

Primate Behavior and Ecology

Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort: An Introduction to Human Ecology

Yuen Ren Chao,George Kingsley Zipf

19502,206 citations

Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort: An Introduction to Human Ecology.

August B. Hollingshead,George Kingsley Zipf

19491,386 citations

The Psycho-Biology of Language: An Introduction to Dynamic Philology

V. A. C. Henmon,George Kingsley Zipf

19361,141 citations

The P 1 P 2 D Hypothesis: On the Intercity Movement of Persons

George Kingsley Zipf

19461,006 citations

The Psycho-Biology of Language

Miles A. Tinker,George Kingsley Zipf

1936736 citations

The Psycho-Biology of Language

Martin Joos,George Kingsley Zipf

1936730 citations

Selected Studies of the Principle of Relative Frequency in Language

George Kingsley Zipf

1932667 citations

Relative Frequency as a Determinant of Phonetic Change

George Kingsley Zipf

1929331 citations