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Estimation of Actual Proportion of Loanwords in a Language

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  • Kalyan Joshi

    (Savitribai Phule Pune University)

  • M. B. Rajarshi

    (Savitribai Phule Pune University)

Abstract

We suggest a modification of Probability Proportional to Size With Replacement (PPSWR) sampling method to estimate the actual proportion of loanwords in a language. When the proposed modification to PPSWR sampling can be implemented, the modification leads to an estimator which performs better than the estimator in a PPSWR sampling design. Under the assumptions that some words have a relatively very high frequency whereas most of the words have low frequency, we show that the estimator under the PPSWR scheme is better than the estimator under the Simple Random Sampling Without Replacement (SRSWOR). The suggested procedure has been applied to estimate the usage-based (actual) proportion of the Persian and Arabic loanwords in contemporary Marathi.

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  • Kalyan Joshi & M. B. Rajarshi, 2017. "Estimation of Actual Proportion of Loanwords in a Language," Sankhya B: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Springer;Indian Statistical Institute, vol. 79(1), pages 60-75, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sankhb:v:79:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s13571-016-0127-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s13571-016-0127-5
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