?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Experiments+on+predictability+of+word+in+context+and+information+rate+in+natural+language&rft.creator=Manin%2C+Dmitrii&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Computational+Linguistics&rft.description=Based+on+data+from+a+large-scale+experiment+with+human+++subjects%2C+we+conclude+that+the+logarithm+of+probability+to+guess+a+word+in+context+(unpredictability)+depends+linearly+on+the+word+length.+This+result+holds+both+for+poetry+and+prose%2C+even+though+with+prose%2C+the+subjects+don't+know+the+length+of+the+omitted+word.+We+hypothesize+that+this+effect+reflects+a+tendency+of+natural+language+to+have+an+even+information+rate.&rft.publisher=Keldysh+Institute+of+Applied+Mathematics+(KIAM)+RAS&rft.date=2006-12-26&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5817%2F1%2Funpred_article_e.pdf&rft.identifier=++Manin%2C+Dmitrii++(2006)+Experiments+on+predictability+of+word+in+context+and+information+rate+in+natural+language.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5817%2F