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Co-occurrence network analysis of modern Chinese poems

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  • Liang, Wei
  • Wang, Yanli
  • Shi, Yuming
  • Chen, Guanrong

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A total of 606 co-occurrence networks of Chinese characters and words are constructed from rhymes, free verses, and prose poems. It is found that 98.5% of networks have scale-free properties, while 19.8% of networks do not have small-world features, especially the clustering coefficients in 5.6% of networks are zero. In addition, 61.4% of networks have significant hierarchical structures, and 98% of networks are disassortative. For the above observed phenomena, analysis is provided with interpretation from a linguistic perspective.

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  • Liang, Wei & Wang, Yanli & Shi, Yuming & Chen, Guanrong, 2015. "Co-occurrence network analysis of modern Chinese poems," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 420(C), pages 284-293.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:420:y:2015:i:c:p:284-293
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2014.11.001
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