Measuring language

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 383-404

  Saddy, Douglas ^a   Uriagereka, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entropy; ERPs; Grammar; Linguistics; Psycho linguistics; Syntax

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONTEXT FREE GRAMMARS; ENTROPY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEMANTICS; SYNTACTICS; VOCABULARY CONTROL;

ERPS; GRAMMAR; PSYCHO-LINGUISTICS; SYNTAX;

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS;

EID: 13844272116     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127404009296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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