Fractals in language*
Ludˇk Hrebíček · Journal of Quantitative Linguistics · 1994
The present paper is an attempt at the derivation of the Menzerath‐Altmann law from the postulates of the Mandelbrot theory of fractals. For this purpose the treatment of language system is characterized briefly, the basic notions of the theory of fractals are described in an informal way, the sense and canonic derivation of the Menzerath‐Altmann law is reproduced and, finally, the way of moving from the formula of the dimension of self‐similar fractals to this law is exhibited.