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accurate transmission of signal |
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| implausible.
Might this lead to fixed end points? |
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| l | Include a least
effort principle: |
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| 1. | Speakers always
use the shortest string possible for a given |
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| meaning. |
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| 2. | Speakers
occasionally drop letters in production. |
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| l | Simplified
meaning-space: 5x5 “paradigm” |
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| i.e., each
meaning is a coordinate in 5x5 space |
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