# Altmann 2009: Beyond Word Frequency: Bursts, Lulls, and Scaling in the Temporal Distributions of Words

> Eduardo G. Altmann, Janet B. Pierrehumbert, Adilson E. Motter, 2009. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The inductive-methods survey cites it for…

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# Beyond Word Frequency: Bursts, Lulls, and Scaling in the Temporal Distributions of Words

Eduardo G. Altmann, Janet B. Pierrehumbert, Adilson E. Motter, 2009. _PLoS ONE_.

Studies the gaps between successive uses of the same word in online discussion groups and other text collections, finding bursty, non-Poisson spacing that a stretched exponential fits well, with the strength of the effect depending on the kind of meaning a word carries.

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Altmann, E. G., Pierrehumbert, J. B., & Motter, A. E. (2009). Beyond Word Frequency: Bursts, Lulls, and Scaling in the Temporal Distributions of Words. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007678
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