An information-theoretic approach to the written transmission of Old English

An information-theoretic approach to the written transmission of Old English

Information theory offers a means for analyzing some constraints on the reading and copying process in Old English. An analysis of lengthy prose and verse text in Old English that revealed uniformly high values for entropy at all string lengths is discussed.

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Veröffentlicht in:Language resources and evaluation 1989-12, Vol.23 (6), p.459
Hauptverfasser: O Keeffe, Katherine O Brien, Rundell, william
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Copying
English language
Historical text analysis
Information theory
Linguistics
Old English
Prose
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Zusammenfassung:Information theory offers a means for analyzing some constraints on the reading and copying process in Old English. An analysis of lengthy prose and verse text in Old English that revealed uniformly high values for entropy at all string lengths is discussed.
ISSN:1574-020X
1574-0218