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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/130479| Title: | Word probability findings in the Voynich manuscript |
| Authors: | Layfield, Colin van der Plas, Lonneke Rosner, Michael Abela, John |
| Keywords: | Voynich manuscript Visual communication in science Word (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphology -- Data processing Computational linguistics Linguistics -- Statistical methods |
| Issue Date: | 2020 |
| Citation: | Layfield, C., van der Plas, L., Rosner, M., & Abela, J. (2020, May). Word Probability Findings in the Voynich Manuscript. Proceedings of LT4HALA 2020-1st Workshop on Language Technologies for Historical and Ancient Languages, Marseille, France. 74-78. |
| Abstract: | The Voynich Manuscript has baffled scholars for centuries. Some believe the elaborate 15th century codex to be a hoax whilst others believe it is a real medieval manuscript whose contents are as yet unknown. In this paper, we provide additional evidence that the text of the manuscript displays the hallmarks of a proper natural language with respect to the relationship between word probabilities and (i) average information per subword segment and (ii) the relative positioning of consecutive subword segments necessary to uniquely identify words of different probabilities. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/130479 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacICTAI |
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