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为什么有些词序比其他词更常见?统一信息密度帐户

Why are some word orders more common than others? A uniform information density account
课程网址: http://videolectures.net/nips2010_maurits_wsw/  
主讲教师: Luke Maurits
开课单位: 阿德莱德大学
开课时间: 2011-05-25
课程语种: 英语
中文简介:
语言在很多方面都有很大的差异,包括其规范的词序。观察到的变化的一个基本方面是,有些词序比其他词序更常见。虽然这种规律已经被认识一段时间了,但还没有得到很好的解释。本文基于均匀信息密度(uid)的概念,对跨语言观察到的词序分布进行了信息论解释。我们建议,对象优先语言尤其不受欢迎,因为如果目标是在一个句子中大致均匀地分布信息内容,那么它们是高度非最优的,并且观察到的其他词序分布至少部分可以用uid来解释。我们支持我们的理论分析,数据来自儿童指导演讲和实验工作。
课程简介: Languages vary widely in many ways, including their canonical word order. A basic aspect of the observed variation is the fact that some word orders are much more common than others. Although this regularity has been recognized for some time, it has not been well-explained. In this paper we offer an information-theoretic explanation for the observed word-order distribution across languages, based on the concept of Uniform Information Density (UID). We suggest that object-first languages are particularly disfavored because they are highly non-optimal if the goal is to distribute information content approximately evenly throughout a sentence, and that the rest of the observed word-order distribution is at least partially explainable in terms of UID. We support our theoretical analysis with data from child-directed speech and experimental work.
关 键 词: 信息理论; 信息密度; 字级分布
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