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		adrianN on Oct 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Chinese looks, feels and sounds like when you... Yes, but "critical mass" is much larger than you'd commonly think. It's the low frequency words that contain most information in a sentence.

airstrike on Oct 14, 2020 | [–]

> It's the low frequency words that contain most information in a sentence.

This is an incredibly insightful point.

solarmist on Oct 14, 2020 | [–]

Thank you. That's a very succinct way of putting it. I wonder if there's a term or concept for this in linguistics.

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