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  1. New preprint: Language as Information Architecture — what does each grammar FORCE you to say?

    Key findings across 22 languages:
    - Entropy gradient: isolating to polysynthetic (6.48 to 6.80 bits/word)
    - Mutual exclusion: 10 of 28 mandatory pairs never co-occur (p<0.0001)

    No language marks BOTH evidentiality AND gender.

    doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20137616

    #Linguistics #InformationTheory #MutualExclusion