Through studies of Danish text material and chosen passages from the Danish and Swedish Bible, it is investigated how the information theoretical entropy can be applied to quantify linguistic differences. It is shown that the relative entropy between Danish texts …
Mathematics
Use of comparative entropy analyses for dating and quantifying historical divergences between languages
Through studies of Danish text material and chosen passages from the Danish and Swedish Bible, it is investigated how the information theoretical entropy can be applied to quantify linguistic differences. It is shown that the relative entropy between Danish texts …