#ZipfsLaw makes it hard to study #lexical #variation in #language, but some features would be difficult even with very large #corpora due to being homophonous with a more frequent feature. One I've come across lately is "I hate it" where the #demonstrative "that" is more common, e.g. in response to seeing a scary clown image.

#linguistics #languagevariation #syntax #morphology #pronouns

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The first program I ever spent a lot of time developing was a multi-level sequence learner inspired by #ZipfsLaw and intended for application to what soon became called #ReactiveKeyboards.

Some reminiscence here —

Theme One Program • Motivation

• https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/08/16/theme-one-program-motivation-1-2/

• https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/08/17/theme-one-program-motivation-2-2/

• https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/08/18/theme-one-program-motivation-3-2/