Fitting periphrastic do in affirmative declaratives
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چکیده
Whereas the logistic curve can be used to model the increase in the percentage of periphrastic do in several types of English sentences, a different fit to the data for affirmative declaratives is needed. Two possible fits are considered in this paper, both based on a generalized logistic differential equation with a time-dependent coefficient. Linear and piecewise constant coefficients are used. Linguistic and practical implications of the two approaches are discussed.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of Quantitative Linguistics
دوره 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007