Word Length in Political Public Speaking: Distribution and Time Evolution

In this paper, word length in the texts of public speeches by USA and UK politicians is analyzed. More than 300 speeches delivered over the past two hundred years were studied. It is found that the lognormal distribution better describes the distribution of word length than do the Weibull and Poisso...

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Main Authors: Natalia L. Tsizhmovska, Leonid M. Martyushev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/26/3/180