Measuring linguistic complexity independent of plausibility

Language

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 583-590

  Gruber, Jeff ^a   Gibson, Edward ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 26444608448     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2004.0130     Document Type: Article

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