Different languages and similar encoding efficiency during speech despite differences in Shannon information or speech rate
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw2594
Abstract: Language is universal, but it has few indisputably universal characteristics, with cross-linguistic variation being the norm. For example, languages differ greatly in the number of syllables they allow, resulting in large variation in the Shannon information per syllable. Nevertheless, all natural languages allow their speakers to efficiently encode and transmit information. We show here, using quantitative methods on a ...