Network of two-Chinese-character compound words in Japanese language
Computation and Language
2012-05-15 v1 Physics and Society
Abstract
Some statistical properties of a network of two-Chinese-character compound words in Japanese language are reported. In this network, a node represents a Chinese character and an edge represents a two-Chinese-character compound word. It is found that this network has properties of "small-world" and "scale-free." A network formed by only Chinese characters for common use ({\it joyo-kanji} in Japanese), which is regarded as a subclass of the original network, also has small-world property. However, a degree distribution of the network exhibits no clear power law. In order to reproduce disappearance of the power-law property, a model for a selecting process of the Chinese characters for common use is proposed.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.0902.4060,
title = {Network of two-Chinese-character compound words in Japanese language},
author = {Ken Yamamoto and Yoshihiro Yamazaki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.4060},
year = {2012}
}