[CaCL] Reading for Apr 22

[Shain, Cory A.]

Hi all,

For my last CaCL 🙁 (Apr 22 @ 12:45pm EST), I'll be leading a discussion of "Miller's Monkey Updated", which argues against communicative efficiency as a constraint on language typology.

http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~lpearl/colareadinggroup/readings/CaplanEtAl2020_CommEff.pdf
Miller's monkey updated Communicative efficiency and the statistics of words in natural language<http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~lpearl/colareadinggroup/readings/CaplanEtAl2020_CommEff.pdf>
information. On the contrary, the major effects that determine such choices are mechanical: phonetic conditioning and simple repetition of the preceding structures.
www.socsci.uci.edu
Zoom link: https://osu.zoom.us/j/96651297382?pwd=QldQQnFTRGNmbzE2RXhBVnE5R3RnUT09<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://osu.zoom.us/j/96651297382?pwd=QldQQnFTRGNmbzE2RXhBVnE5R3RnUT09__;!!KGKeukY!kxEmSwF9nm9C1Xb0jIsk7-eROiC23ab58xSN6JZ7tIvxZGVteZIww6m4MVGPhLHUcLS5oif8IQ$>

Best,
Cory

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