An investigation of the diachronic trend of dependency distance minimization in magazines and news

The principle of minimization of dependency distance (DD) can reduce the working memory burden of language speakers, that is, reduce the cognitive burden during the communication process. This investigation demonstrated the dependency distance (based on the dependency grammar) minimization principle...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Ruoyang, Zhou, Guijun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9815589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36602964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279836
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description The principle of minimization of dependency distance (DD) can reduce the working memory burden of language speakers, that is, reduce the cognitive burden during the communication process. This investigation demonstrated the dependency distance (based on the dependency grammar) minimization principle from a diachronic perspective in two text types of magazines and news with inspection indicators of mean dependency distance (MDD) and normalized dependency distance (NDD). This research revealed a fluctuation tendency around a certain axis concerning diachronic dependency distance variation. This research also indicated that news text balances language complexity and communication efficiency better than magazine text.
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spelling pubmed-98155892023-01-06 An investigation of the diachronic trend of dependency distance minimization in magazines and news Zhang, Ruoyang Zhou, Guijun PLoS One Research Article The principle of minimization of dependency distance (DD) can reduce the working memory burden of language speakers, that is, reduce the cognitive burden during the communication process. This investigation demonstrated the dependency distance (based on the dependency grammar) minimization principle from a diachronic perspective in two text types of magazines and news with inspection indicators of mean dependency distance (MDD) and normalized dependency distance (NDD). This research revealed a fluctuation tendency around a certain axis concerning diachronic dependency distance variation. This research also indicated that news text balances language complexity and communication efficiency better than magazine text. Public Library of Science 2023-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9815589/ /pubmed/36602964 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279836 Text en © 2023 Zhang, Zhou https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9815589/
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