In this study we apply Zipf-Alecseev’s function to word length distributions of Chinese prose and dialogue texts. Since there are two potential measurement units of Chinese word length, we applied Zipf-Alecseev’s function to both of them. The results show that all the word length distributions fit Zipf-Alecseev’s function, no matter the word length is measured in characters or components. The parameters a an d b in Zipf-Alecseev’s function y = cx~(a) b ln(x )) show no difference in different text styles (which are prose and dialogue in our case). However, the parameters are different when word length is measured in different units (character and component respectively). This indicates that the Zipf-Alecseev’s function is sensitive to word length measurement units, but not text styles.
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机译：在这项研究中，我们将Zipf-Alecseev函数应用于中文散文和对话文本的字长分布。由于有两个潜在的中文字长测量单位，因此我们将Zipf-Alecseev的函数应用于这两个单位。结果表明，所有字长分布都符合Zipf-Alecseev的函数，无论字长是用字符还是组件来度量的。 Zipf-Alecseev函数y = cx〜（a） b ln（ x））中的参数a和d b在不同的文本样式（在我们的情况下为散文和对话）中没有区别。但是，当以不同单位（分别为字符和组成部分）测量字长时，参数会有所不同。这表明Zipf-Alecseev的功能对字长测量单位敏感，但对文本样式不敏感。
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