Measuring Encoding Efficiency in Swedish and English Language Learner Speech Production
Measuring Encoding Efficiency in Swedish and English Language Learner Speech Production
We use n-gram language models to investigate how far language approximates an optimal code for human communication in terms of Information Theory, and what differences there are between Learner proficiency levels. Although the language of lower level learners is simpler, it is less optimal in terms of information theory, and as a consequence more difficult to process.
- Stockholm University Sweden
- University of Zurich Switzerland
General Language Studies and Linguistics, Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik, proficiency levels, spoken corpora, 10097 English Department, surprisal, L2, 820 English & Old English literatures, 11551 Zurich Center for Linguistics, 1712 Software, 1709 Human-Computer Interaction, 10105 Institute of Computational Linguistics, 1711 Signal Processing, 1203 Language and Linguistics, 820 English & Old English literatures, 2611 Modeling and Simulation
General Language Studies and Linguistics, Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik, proficiency levels, spoken corpora, 10097 English Department, surprisal, L2, 820 English & Old English literatures, 11551 Zurich Center for Linguistics, 1712 Software, 1709 Human-Computer Interaction, 10105 Institute of Computational Linguistics, 1711 Signal Processing, 1203 Language and Linguistics, 820 English & Old English literatures, 2611 Modeling and Simulation
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