?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+Alternative+Postulate+to+see+Melody+as+%E2%80%9CLanguage%E2%80%9D%0A&rft.creator=Situngkir%2C+Hokky&rft.subject=Statistical+Models&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Computational+Linguistics&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.description=The+paper+proposes+a+way+to+see+melodic+features+in+music%2Fsongs+in+the+terms+of+%E2%80%9Cletters%E2%80%9D+constituting+%E2%80%9Cwords%E2%80%9D%2C+while+in+return+investigating+the+fulfillment+of+Zipf-Mandelbrot+Law+in+them.+Some+interesting+findings+are+reported+including+some+possible+conjectures+for+classification+of+melodic+and+musical+artifacts+considering+several+aspects+of+culture.+The+paper+ends+with+some+discussions+related+to+further+directions%2C+be+it+enrichment+in+musicology+and+the+possible+plan+for+musical+generative+art.&rft.date=2007-05&rft.type=Departmental+Technical+Report&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5593%2F1%2FMusic_as_Language.pdf&rft.identifier=++Situngkir%2C+Hokky++(2007)+An+Alternative+Postulate+to+see+Melody+as+%E2%80%9CLanguage%E2%80%9D.++%5BDepartmental+Technical+Report%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5593%2F