Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same principle ...

Peer-reviewed research by Hebrew University and Edinburgh University experts suggests such patterns might also shape sounds made by other animals, such as songbirds and bats The post Groaning and ...

A new study has found that certain whale species' vocalizations adhere to two linguistic laws of efficiency seen in human language: Menzerath’s law and Zipf’s law (with Zipf's law being ...

George K. Zipf '23, University Lecturer, died Monday evening at his home in Newton. He had been ill for about three months. He was 48. Zipf was known particularly for his statistical treatment of ...

For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey some universal patterns. These run even deeper than grammar and syntax; they’re rooted in statistical laws that predict how ...

Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.

NEUKIRCHEN. Am kommenden Samstag, 23. Juli, findet der 13. Crosslauf des ATSV Zipf statt. Die Veranstaltung in der Zipfer Arena beginnt um 16 Uhr mit den Knirpse- und Schülerläufen. Die Nordic ...

Die Pfarre Zipf hat etwa 1400 Einwohner. Da "Zipf" eine Ortschaft, aber keine politische Gemeinde ist, hat die Pfarre Anteile von 5 Gemeinden: Neukirchen/V., Vöcklamarkt, Frankenburg, Pfaffing, und ...

ATSV Zipf strebt Aufstiegsplatz an, trotz Ausfällen zu Saisonstart. Trainer Bischof optimistisch für Rückrunde.

Zipf-Gesetz, nach dem Linguisten G.K. Zipf, (1902-1950) benannte Beobachtung, daß die Häufigkeit P eines Ereignisses als Funktion des Ranges i in der Form darstellbar ist. In der ursprüngliche ...