Menzerath’s Law in the Syntax of Languages Compared with Random Sentences
The Menzerath law is considered to show an aspect of the complexity underlying natural language. This law suggests that, for a linguistic unit, the size (<i>y</i>) of a linguistic construct decreases as the number (<i>x</i>) of constructs in the unit increases. This article i...
Main Author: | Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-05-01
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Series: | Entropy |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/661 |
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