Word lengths are optimized for efficient communication (bibtex)

by Piantadosi, Steven T., Tily, H. and Gibson, E.

Reference:

Word lengths are optimized for efficient communication (Piantadosi, Steven T., Tily, H. and Gibson, E.), In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, National Acad Sciences, volume 108, 2011.

Bibtex Entry:

@article{piantadosi2011word,
  title = {Word lengths are optimized for efficient communication},
  author = {Piantadosi, Steven T. and Tily, H. and Gibson, E.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  volume = {108},
  number = {9},
  pages = {3526},
  year = {2011},
  publisher = {National Acad Sciences},
  url = {http://colala.berkeley.edu/papers/PNAS-2011-Piantadosi-1012551108.pdf},
  mycategories = {lab,personal},
  tags={language, psycholinguistics, informationtheory},
  eli5={Word length is better explained by a word's predictability than its frequency.}
}