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  • Linguistics
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • Noun phrase (NP) coordinate constructions exhibit a strong tendency for syntactic parallelism between conjuncts.
  • This syntactic matching results in the second conjunct carrying less syntactic information.
  • The principle of uniform information density posits that information load is balanced across linguistic units.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between syntactic information and lexical probability in NP coordinate constructions.
  • To test predictions derived from the uniform information density theory regarding information distribution in coordinated NPs.
  • To determine if lexical predictability is lower in syntactically parallel second conjuncts.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of corpus data to examine syntactic structures and lexical probabilities in NP coordinate constructions.
  • Measurement of lexical probabilities using N-gram probabilities and head-dependent probabilities.
  • Comparison of lexical probabilities between first and second conjuncts, and between matching and nonmatching second conjuncts.

Main Results:

  • Lexical probabilities were significantly lower in second conjuncts compared to first conjuncts.
  • Lexical probabilities were lower in syntactically matching second conjuncts than in nonmatching ones.
  • Syntactic repetition was found to be more prevalent for low-frequency NP expansions.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support the theory of uniform information density by demonstrating a trade-off between syntactic predictability and lexical unpredictability in NP coordination.
  • Linguistic processing appears to balance information load by adjusting lexical choices when syntactic structures are redundant.
  • The study highlights the role of information density in shaping syntactic and lexical patterns in natural language.