17-04-2019, 10:30 PM
After some trial and error I managed to compile a type list of the Latin text I used (first ~9000 words of Pliny on Astronomy You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)
The following graph compares the syllable counts in Latin and VM tokens and types as a percentage of their respective totals.
Focus on the Latin for a second, the blue bars. You can see that there's a very steep drop from tokens to types in the one syllable range. This is logical: words like "ad" are used often, resulting in many tokens for few types. For two syllables there is a smaller decrease. For three syllables there is a slight increase in the relative prominence of types: there are many different three-syllable words that aren't used that often. This effect is much greater still in four and five syllable words.
What surprised me is that the VM (yellow bars) follows the same pattern overall. Token-heavy for one and two syllables, type-heavy for more.
The following graph compares the syllable counts in Latin and VM tokens and types as a percentage of their respective totals.
Focus on the Latin for a second, the blue bars. You can see that there's a very steep drop from tokens to types in the one syllable range. This is logical: words like "ad" are used often, resulting in many tokens for few types. For two syllables there is a smaller decrease. For three syllables there is a slight increase in the relative prominence of types: there are many different three-syllable words that aren't used that often. This effect is much greater still in four and five syllable words.
What surprised me is that the VM (yellow bars) follows the same pattern overall. Token-heavy for one and two syllables, type-heavy for more.
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