An empirical study of Chinese word-word language directed network
In this paper,we explore the statistical properties of Chinese language network within the framework of complex network theory.Based on one of the common databases in China,i.e.Tshinghua Unisplendours one,we construct Chinese wordword language directed network (CWWLDN).The node in CWWLDN represents a single character,and while a directed link between two nodes exists if two different characters appear in the same words.The empirical results show that CWWLDN possesses scale-free behavior and small-world effect.Two characteristics indicate that CWWLDN is similar to other previously studied language networks,which shows that different languages may have some common properties in their evolutionary processes.We believe that our research may shed some new light into the Chinese language evolution and find some potentially significant implications.
component complex network scale free small world direct network
Jianwei Wang Lili Rong Tao Jin
Institute of Systems EngineeringDalian University of TechnologyDalian,China School of Electronic and Information Engineering Dalian University of Technology Dalian,China
国际会议
北京
英文
2008-10-12（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）