Rachael Bailes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3532080 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachael Bailes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachael |
| FAMILY NAME | Bailes |
| SIGNATURE | BAILES R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7166-4988 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Noise resistance in communication
Smooth Signals and Syntactic Change
A large body of recent work argues that considerations of information density predict various phenomena in linguistic planning and production. However, the usefulness of an information theoretic account for explaining diachronic phenomena has remained under-explored. Here, we test the idea that speakers prefer informationally uniform utterances on diachronic data from historical English and Icelandic. Our results show that: (i) the information de…
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Noise resistance in communication
Smooth Signals and Syntactic Change
A large body of recent work argues that considerations of information density predict various phenomena in linguistic planning and production. However, the usefulness of an information theoretic account for explaining diachronic phenomena has remained under-explored. Here, we test the idea that speakers prefer informationally uniform utterances on diachronic data from historical English and Icelandic. Our results show that: (i) the information de…
Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Language and cultural evolution (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Affect (linguistics (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Cognitive psychology (1 work) · Constant (computer programming (1 work) · Human language (1 work)