Is More Always Better? Testing the Addition Bias for German Language Statistics

Author:

Wolfer Sascha1

Affiliation:

1. Leibniz Institute for the German Language

Abstract

AbstractThis replication study aims to investigate a potential bias toward addition in the German language, building upon previous findings of Winter and colleagues who identified a similar bias in English. Our results confirm a bias in word frequencies and binomial expressions, aligning with these previous findings. However, the analysis of distributional semantics based on word vectors did not yield consistent results for German. Furthermore, our study emphasizes the crucial role of selecting appropriate translational equivalents, highlighting the significance of considering language‐specific factors when testing for such biases for languages other than English.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Artificial Intelligence,Cognitive Neuroscience,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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