(1/4) Taking a break from Twitter-break to post this PSA for #NLP twitter.
Thanks to recent work by @ryandcotterell 's group, Uniform Information Density hypothesis is back in vogue. Hailing from Info-theory background, I've heard variants of this idea & decided to dig up
Thanks to recent work by @ryandcotterell 's group, Uniform Information Density hypothesis is back in vogue. Hailing from Info-theory background, I've heard variants of this idea & decided to dig up
(2/4) The search took me through the iconoclastic work of Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho & finally landed me at "Konstanz im Kurzzeitgedächtnis - Konstanz im sprachlichen Informationsfluß?" published in 1980 by Gertraud Fenk-Oczlon. Upon writing to her, this is the reply I received ...
(3/4) Tagging NLP scholars I have recently come to know to amplify this should you deem it prudent and factually correct.
@emilymbender @hadyelsahar @alienelf @KreutzerJulia
@emilymbender @hadyelsahar @alienelf @KreutzerJulia
(4/4) And yes. I made sure to get consent from her to share this here. /Fin
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