The role of constructions in understanding predictability measures and their correspondence to word duration

Studies of word predictability in context show that words in English tend to be shorter if they are predictable from the next word, and to a lesser extent, if they are predictable from the previous word. Some studies distinguish function and content words, but otherwise have not considered grammatic...

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Main Authors: Bybee Joan, Brown Earl Kjar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2024-08-01
Series:Cognitive Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/cog-2023-0077
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