New preprint: Language as Information Architecture — what does each grammar FORCE you to say?

Key findings across 22 languages:
- Entropy gradient: isolating to polysynthetic (6.48 to 6.80 bits/word)
- Mutual exclusion: 10 of 28 mandatory pairs never co-occur (p<0.0001)

No language marks BOTH evidentiality AND gender.

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20137616

#Linguistics #InformationTheory #MutualExclusion