Using mathematical terminology, some "function" or "operator" is what comes first to my mind. However the fact that the gallows with "no coverage" are often met with within words stands against this theory.
Using mathematical analogy again, we can have some function f(x), f(x*y*z) and so forth, but we cannot have a functon of nothing.
Further, suppose there is some word p**** (where * stands for any character), transcribed irrespectively of the "coverage" (as all current transcriptions do). This sequence then well may be found with p "covering" different number of subsequent characters or even "covering" no characters at all. Currently, they all would be considered as one and the same Voinichese word. Should they be considered different instead, and all the stats re-calculated?
Using mathematical analogy again, we can have some function f(x), f(x*y*z) and so forth, but we cannot have a functon of nothing.
Further, suppose there is some word p**** (where * stands for any character), transcribed irrespectively of the "coverage" (as all current transcriptions do). This sequence then well may be found with p "covering" different number of subsequent characters or even "covering" no characters at all. Currently, they all would be considered as one and the same Voinichese word. Should they be considered different instead, and all the stats re-calculated?