Color naming
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Documents tagged with Color namingEfficient compression in color naming and its evolution
http://www.semanlink.net/doc/2019/08/efficient_compression_in_color_
The Information Bottleneck principle applied to linguistics.
>We argue that **languages efficiently compress ideas into words by optimizing the information bottleneck trade-off** between the complexity and accuracy of the lexicon. We test this proposal in the domain of color naming.
word meanings may reflect adaptation to pressure for efficient communication—
that is, communication that is precise yet requires only minimal
cognitive resources.
2019-08-15T17:39:48Z