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Tangentially, there are studies that state that the information rate (information per time) is about the same in all languages, and languages with lower informa
by kaybe 11y ago
Tangentially, there are studies that state that the information rate (information per time) is about the same in all languages, and languages with lower information density per word are spoken slower.
- mziel 11y agoCan you provide links? Greatly appreciated!
- kaybe 11y agoE.g. here: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.433.3226&rep=rep1&type=pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.433... (a lot of articles provide summaries, eg http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fast-talkers/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fast-talkers/) They cite three others: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Locke5/publication/5561615_Cost_and_complexity_selection_for_speech_and_language/links/09e415100f89672b74000000.pdf http://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Locke5/publication/... http://www1.icsi.berkeley.edu/~steveng/2000/PDF/UninvitedGuest.pdf http://www1.icsi.berkeley.edu/~steveng/2000/PDF/UninvitedGue... I can't find access to the third one without digging since it's published in conference proceedings from 1961, but there's a talk with access (wow!): http://www.helsinki.fi/speechsciences/history/snds/Karlgren.mp3 http://www.helsinki.fi/speechsciences/history/snds/Karlgren.... Further citation-following yields more books I cannot get a hold of (see the citations in the papers if you want to digg).