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Estimating the number of unseen species: How many words did Shakespeare know?
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Shakespeare wrote 31534 different words, of which 14376 appear only once, 4343 twice, etc. The question considered is how many words he knew but did not use. A parametric empirical Bayes model due to Fisher and a nonparametric model due to Good & Toulmin are examined. The latter theory is augmented using linear programming methods. We conclude that the models are equivalent to supposing that Shakespeare knew at least 35000 more words.
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- Authors
- EFRON, B., & THISTED, R.
- Venue
- Biometrika
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1976
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 435-447
- ISSN
- 0006-3444 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-3510
- OpenAlex
- W2045740840
- Cited by
- 439
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 0.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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