LANGUAGE FORM COMPRESSION IN MODERN RUSSIAN SPEECH

Language form compression in modern Russian speech

Compressive word formation results from the active tendency to save speech effort and, accordingly, to save linguistic means, which makes its research relevant.At the lexical level, the principle of economy is realized in constriction, truncation, semantic condensation, i.e.processes based on reduction, minimization of structures.The aim of the stu

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Why is Bayesian confirmation theory rarely practiced?

Bayesian confirmation theory is a leading theory to decide the confirmation/refutation of a hypothesis based on probability calculus.While it may be much discussed in philosophy of science, is it actually practiced in terms of hypothesis testing by scientists? Since the assignment of some of the probabilities in the theory is open to debate and the

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