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The linguistics of the Voynich manuscript
Claire L. Bowern, Luke Lindemann, 2021. Annual Review of Linguistics 7: 285–308.
A review of linguistic work on the Voynich Manuscript. It argues that the text should be treated as language rather than a hoax and shows what statistics can say about its sound system, word structure and organization while it remains unread.
What it's used for here
The book relies on it repeatedly: for character entropy lower than in all 250 comparison languages, for the A/B entropy gap that closes when qo- and -dy are removed, and for how the choice of transcription alphabet affects the figures.
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Cite it
Bowern, C. L., & Lindemann, L. (2021). The linguistics of the Voynich manuscript. Annual Review of Linguistics, 7, 285–308. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011619-030613
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Bowern, Claire L. and Luke Lindemann. “The linguistics of the Voynich manuscript.” Annual Review of Linguistics 7 (2021): 285–308. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011619-030613.