ABSTRACT Three experimental models are reported in which verb-formation processes are used to investigate the effect of frequency on language structure. The first model examined the impact of frequency on length of a language unit. Only the smoothed data for the prototypical verb formation confirmed the hypothesis. The second model tested the dependency of frequency on the depth of a word-formation structure. Good-fitting results were found for all main verb-formation structures. The third model aimed to study the influence of frequency on productivity (number of derivatives). The results of smoothing data showed that the more frequently a unit is used, the more derivatives it has. The outcomes allow clarifying some aspects of functioning of frequency in the synergetic mechanisms of language. In particular, it was shown that the observed frequency oscillation could be considered as a dialogue between the system and its environment.

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频率在构词过程中的功能作用：系统理论方法

摘要报道了三个实验模型，其中动词形成过程用于研究频率对语言结构的影响。第一个模型检查了频率对语言单元长度的影响。仅原型动词形成的平滑数据证实了该假设。第二个模型测试了频率对单词形成结构深度的依赖性。对于所有主要动词结构，都发现了良好的拟合结果。第三个模型旨在研究频率对生产率（导数的数量）的影响。平滑数据的结果表明，单位使用得越频繁，其衍生数就越多。结果可以阐明语言协同机制中频率功能的某些方面。特别是，