[HN Gopher] Language Entropy
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       Language Entropy
        
       Author : astledsa
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2024-08-25 09:59 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | curiousgibbon wrote:
       | This seems like a new definition of entropy unrelated to existing
       | notions of entropy relevant to language. I'm not sure I buy
       | "entropy = 1/abstractness"...
        
         | kayo_20211030 wrote:
         | I don't buy any of it.
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         | > f(word) -> R
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         | What on earth is that? If f === "the meaning of", we'll all
         | have different R's.
        
       | ttpphd wrote:
       | Sounds like someone is interested in some classic Shannon.
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       | Prediction and Entropy of Printed English, Shannon 1951
       | https://www.princeton.edu/~wbialek/rome/refs/shannon_51.pdf
        
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