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Entropy, the Indus Script, and Language: A Reply to R. Sproat
Rajesh P. N. Rao, Nisha Yadav, Mayank N. Vahia et al., 2010. Computational Linguistics.
Replies that the Science paper never claimed entropy alone proves language, that block entropy results were omitted from Sproat's account, and that his comparison systems are poorly documented. Computational Linguistics 36(4).
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Rao, R. P. N., Yadav, N., Vahia, M. N., Joglekar, H., Adhikari, R., & Mahadevan, I. (2010). Entropy, the Indus Script, and Language: A Reply to R. Sproat. Computational Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1162/coli_c_00030
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Rao, Rajesh P. N. et al.. “Entropy, the Indus Script, and Language: A Reply to R. Sproat.” Computational Linguistics (2010). https://doi.org/10.1162/coli_c_00030.