Definition of Menzerath. Meaning of Menzerath. Synonyms of Menzerath

- Menzerath's law, also known as the Menzerath–Altmann law (named after Paul Menzerath and Gabriel Altmann), is a linguistic law according to which the increase...
- Paul Menzerath (1 January 1883 – 8 April 1954) was a German linguist and experimental phonetician. He discovered that in German, longer words used shorter...
- increasingly to phonetics and speech synthesis. In 1947 he was recruited by Paul Menzerath to the faculty of the Phonetic Institute of the University of Bonn, where...
- frequently a word is used, the 'shorter' that word tends to be. Menzerath's law (also, Menzerath-Altmann law): This law states that the sizes of the constituents...
- quantitative linguistics. He is best known for co-developing Menzerath's law, also known as the Menzerath-Altmann law, which describes the relationship between...
- inherited independently by the offspring. Menzerath's law, or Menzerath–Altmann law (named after Paul Menzerath and Gabriel Altmann), is a linguistic law...
- describing the frequency of publication by authors in any given field Menzerath's law – Linguistic law Pareto distribution – Probability distribution Pareto...
- group at the University of Michigan found that gelada vocalizations obey Menzerath's law, observing that calls are abbreviated when used in longer sequences...
- compression in information theory. Zipf's law Economy (linguistics) Heaps' law Menzerath's law Bradford's law Benford's law Pareto distribution Principle of least...
- Zipf's law – Probability distribution Brevity law – Linguistics law Menzerath's law – Linguistic law Bradford's law – Pattern of references in science...