常量(计算机编程)
科学文献
信息传输
数据科学
计量经济学
情报检索
计算机科学
数学
生物
古生物学
计算机网络
程序设计语言
作者
John Cristian Borges Gamboa,Kristina Braun,Juhani Järvikivi,Shanley Allen
标识
DOI:10.1515/cllt-2023-0028
摘要
Abstract Nominal compounds are a structure commonly used in scientific texts. Despite their commonality, very little is known about how they are distributed in scientific articles. Based on the Uniform Information Density hypothesis, which states that speakers communicate information at a constant rate, avoiding peaks and troughs of information transmission, we predict that nominal compounds should cluster toward the end of scientific texts, be preceded by supporting text that facilitates their understanding, and be repeated often after their first use. In this paper, we examine these predictions through a quantitative and a qualitative analysis of a corpus of scientific papers from the fields of Biology, Economics and Linguistics. While our investigation did not reveal definitive findings for the first and third predictions above, it did produce supporting evidence in favor of our second prediction, thus advancing our understanding of NC use and the choices speakers make when transmitting information.
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