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brevity law: a standalone construct

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brevity law1 CONSTRUCTBrevity lawFERRER-I-CANCHO · QUANTITATIVE

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Quantitative linguistics

statistical regularity that more frequent words or signals tend to be shorter, framed as compression across human and animal communication.

In quantitative linguistics, brevity law refers to statistical regularity that more frequent words or signals tend to be shorter, framed as compression across human and animal communication. This meaning comes from Ferrer‐i‐Cancho (2013) in Cognitive Science.[1]

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References

  1. Ferrer‐i‐Cancho, R., Hernández‐Fernández, A., Lusseau, D., Agoramoorthy, G., Hsu, M. J., & Semple, S. (2013). Compression as a Universal Principle of Animal Behavior. Cognitive Science, 37(8), 1565-1578. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12061

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