[split] Word length autocorrelation

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A notable feature of the VMS that has to our knowledge only been discussed by one other publication [20] is positive autocorrelation of word lengths. Word lengths in most meaningful texts are negatively autocorrelated: that is, long words tend to be interspersed with short words (long-short-long-short). By contrast, the VMS exhibits positive autocorrelation (long-long-short-short). Positive autocorrelation is only observed in a limited number of natural languages, but is common in gibberish (Figure 3).

[20] V. Matlach, B. A. Janečková, and D. Dostál, “The Voynich manuscript: Symbol roles revisited,” PLOS ONE, vol. 17, no. 1, p. e0260948, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260948.