Linxuan Wang

The Trade-Off Between Mean Dependency Distance and Mean Hierarchical Distance in Contemporary Written Japanese: An Analysis Based on Dependency Structure Matrix

2025 · Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

To explore, mathematically, how mean dependency distance (MDD) and mean hierarchical distance (MHD) interact to create a trade-off relationship based on the inherent two-dimensional structure of language, this study introduces ‘Dependency Structure Matrix’ into quantitative …