28-09-2020, 12:27 AM
(27-09-2020, 11:32 PM)nablator wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.This article is interesting but it is nowhere near a proof of transposition. Because 1) it assumes a one-to-one mapping between vords and the words of a natural language . . .
So if it was measuring pairs of syllables instead of words, would that change the results?
My gut reaction would be that you'd still expect to see association (maybe even more than words) because of typical "structure" of prefix-midfix-suffix pieces of words in a good chunk of natural languages (at least the ones I know -- obviously there are many I do not know!). Although the reverse measurement would be really screwed up, as I would hypothesize it would be very, very rare to see the reverses.
And there is no doubt that VM shows less association, not more -- even in the forward direction.
In any case, thanks so much for the thoughts!