Universals of word order reflect optimization of grammars for efficient communication - Hahn, Michael; Jurafsky, Dan; Futrell, Richard (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2020)
Keywords: Ambiguity; Cognition; Communication; Complexity; Computer applications; Computer simulation; Generalization, Psychological - physiology; Grammars; Humans; Information theory; Language; Language Development; Languages; Linguistics - standards; Neural networks; Neural Networks, Computer; Optimization; Order parameters; Social Sciences; Words (language); computational linguistics; language universals; language processing