16-02-2021, 05:48 PM
Very interesting, Marco. I agree that the correlation is because the kinds of languages that have a high TTR will tend to absorb function words into content words, resulting in fewer function words overall. Or the other way around, languages that are highly analytical will only have a few forms per content word (like English book-books) but will have to compensate this lack of inflectional possibilities with more function words.
I am not sure to what extent this impacts our supposed ability to detect function words. Maybe the consistency of function words in a high-TTR text should make them easier to spot, if anything?
I am not sure to what extent this impacts our supposed ability to detect function words. Maybe the consistency of function words in a high-TTR text should make them easier to spot, if anything?