Adaptive Communication: Languages with More Non-Native Speakers Tend to Have Fewer Word Forms

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Christian Bentz ,

* E-mail: chris@christianbentz.de

Affiliation Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Annemarie Verkerk,

Affiliation Reading Evolutionary Biology Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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Douwe Kiela,

Affiliation Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Felix Hill,

Affiliation Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Paula Buttery

Affiliations Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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