Human languages trade off complexity against efficiency

• Alexander Koplenig ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: koplenig@ids-mannheim.de

  Affiliation Department of Lexical Studies, Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS), Mannheim, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9630-9680

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• Sascha Wolfer,

  Roles Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Lexical Studies, Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS), Mannheim, Germany

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• Jan Oliver Rüdiger,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Lexical Studies, Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS), Mannheim, Germany

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• Peter Meyer

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Lexical Studies, Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS), Mannheim, Germany

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