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Human languages with greater information density have higher communication speed but lower conversation breadth - Nature Human Behaviour (arxiv.org)

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[–] Rognaut 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Paywall! But the title just seems like an obvious conclusion.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The title is kind of obvious, but the conclusion of the article is interesting: that we should be taking into account the social aspects of linguistic relativity, not just the individual ones.