Universal #1788
Legacy number: 1788
| Number | 1783 |
| Original | The Length Strategy: The longer a sentence is, the more likely it is to be classified as belonging to a more formal register. |
| Standardized | The Length Strategy: The longer a sentence is, the more likely it is to be classified as belonging to a more formal register. |
| Keywords | complexity, length, formality, register |
| Domain | syntax, pragmatics |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | experiment on 194 students, native speakers of Finnish and Swedish, in Östman 1989 |
| Source | Östman 1989 |
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