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Comparison of co-occurrence networks of the Chinese and English languages

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  • Liang, Wei
  • Shi, Yuming
  • Tse, Chi K.
  • Liu, Jing
  • Wang, Yanli
  • Cui, Xunqiang

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Co-occurrence networks of Chinese characters and words, and of English words, are constructed from collections of Chinese and English articles, respectively. Four types of collections are considered, namely, essays, novels, popular science articles, and news reports. Statistical parameters of the networks are studied, including diameter, average degree, degree distribution, clustering coefficient, average shortest path length, as well as the number of connected subnetworks. It is found that the character and word networks of each type of article in the Chinese language, and the word network of each type of article in the English language all exhibit scale-free and small-world features. The statistical parameters of these co-occurrence networks are compared within the same language and across the two languages. This study reveals some commonalities and differences between Chinese and English languages, and among the four types of articles in each language from a complex network perspective. In particular, it is shown that expressions in English are briefer than those in Chinese in a certain sense.

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  • Liang, Wei & Shi, Yuming & Tse, Chi K. & Liu, Jing & Wang, Yanli & Cui, Xunqiang, 2009. "Comparison of co-occurrence networks of the Chinese and English languages," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 388(23), pages 4901-4909.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:388:y:2009:i:23:p:4901-4909
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.07.047
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