Synonyms for Sexual Intercourse
Evidence of Zipf's Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13664775 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger L Terry (Hanover College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 3_suppl |
| Pages | 1669-1670 |
| Publication date | 1994-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1994.75.3f.1669 |
| OpenAlex | W2080676283 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
In support of Zipf's law postulating an inverse relationship between the length of a verbal expression and its frequency of usage, the length of synonyms for sexual intercourse contributed by college undergraduates was negatively related to the number of students suggesting them
Developmental psychology · Expression (computer science · Population · Sexual intercourse · Sociology · Statistics · Zipf's law · Authorship Attribution and Profiling · Computer Science · Demography · Gender Studies in Language · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |