Universal #1790
Legacy number: 1790
| Number | 1785 |
| Original | The shorter a linguistic expression is, the more likely it is will be associated with familiarity and high frequency of occurrence. The longer a linguistic expression is, the more likely it is will be associated with unfamiliarity and low frequency of occurrence. |
| Standardized | The shorter a linguistic expression is, the more likely it is will be associated with familiarity and high frequency of occurrence. The longer a linguistic expression is, the more likely it is will be associated with unfamiliarity and low frequency of occurrence. |
| Keywords | iconicity, complexity, length, formality, register, frequency |
| Domain | morphology, syntax, semantics |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | experiment on 194 students, native speakers of Finnish and Swedish, in Östman 1989 |
| Source | Haiman 1983, cited in Östman 1989 |
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