{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4408756557","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09296174.2025.2468573","title":"Linguistic Compression and Cognitive Load: A Quantitative Study of the Menzerath\u2013Altmann Law in Interpreted, L2 and Native English Speech","display_name":"Linguistic Compression and Cognitive Load: A Quantitative Study of the Menzerath\u2013Altmann Law in Interpreted, L2 and Native English Speech","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-03-23","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4408756557","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09296174.2025.2468573"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/09296174.2025.2468573","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09296174.2025.2468573","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S24321443","display_name":"Journal of Quantitative Linguistics","issn_l":"0929-6174","issn":["0929-6174","1744-5035"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319847","host_organization_name":"Routledge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319847"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Routledge"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Quantitative Linguistics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Ziqiao Su","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6959-3115"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ziqiao Su","raw_affiliation_strings":["The Hong Kong Polytechnic University"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6959-3115","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Hong Kong Polytechnic University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5021676687","display_name":"Han Xu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5493-6857"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Han Xu","raw_affiliation_strings":["The Hong Kong Polytechnic University"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5493-6857","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Hong Kong Polytechnic University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076394591","display_name":"Kanglong Liu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3962-2563"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Kanglong Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["The Hong Kong Polytechnic University"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3962-2563","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Hong Kong Polytechnic University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5076394591"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.3915,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.93152131,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"32","issue":"3","first_page":"223","last_page":"250"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12694","display_name":"Categorization, perception, and language","score":0.9941999912261963,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12694","display_name":"Categorization, perception, and language","score":0.9941999912261963,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10403","display_name":"Phonetics and Phonology Research","score":0.9907000064849854,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11640","display_name":"Linguistic Variation and Morphology","score":0.9854999780654907,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3310","display_name":"Linguistics and Language"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/linguistics","display_name":"Linguistics","score":0.7164307832717896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4629666805267334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/compression","display_name":"Compression (physics)","score":0.4539106786251068},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognition","display_name":"Cognition","score":0.44110891222953796},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.2354101836681366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/philosophy","display_name":"Philosophy","score":0.11819997429847717}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.7164307832717896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4629666805267334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180016635","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2712821","display_name":"Compression (physics)","level":2,"score":0.4539106786251068},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169900460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2200417","display_name":"Cognition","level":2,"score":0.44110891222953796},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.2354101836681366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.11819997429847717},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159985019","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181790","display_name":"Composite material","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/09296174.2025.2468573","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09296174.2025.2468573","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S24321443","display_name":"Journal of Quantitative Linguistics","issn_l":"0929-6174","issn":["0929-6174","1744-5035"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319847","host_organization_name":"Routledge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319847"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Routledge"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Quantitative Linguistics","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.47999998927116394,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/10","display_name":"Reduced inequalities"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2419726546","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"P0051009","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322598","funder_display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322598","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":58,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W643183242","https://openalex.org/W1495950096","https://openalex.org/W1516682213","https://openalex.org/W1993660176","https://openalex.org/W1995875735","https://openalex.org/W2011588897","https://openalex.org/W2036047604","https://openalex.org/W2041258965","https://openalex.org/W2071333430","https://openalex.org/W2075368471","https://openalex.org/W2085733122","https://openalex.org/W2129955048","https://openalex.org/W2166667242","https://openalex.org/W2168265764","https://openalex.org/W2186124548","https://openalex.org/W2236185042","https://openalex.org/W2298646731","https://openalex.org/W2321470647","https://openalex.org/W2327117348","https://openalex.org/W2334061170","https://openalex.org/W2340632841","https://openalex.org/W2349828087","https://openalex.org/W2400851726","https://openalex.org/W2579555219","https://openalex.org/W2608065105","https://openalex.org/W2736285750","https://openalex.org/W2775478493","https://openalex.org/W2793669733","https://openalex.org/W2883582638","https://openalex.org/W2894818049","https://openalex.org/W2897230417","https://openalex.org/W3004122391","https://openalex.org/W3004556160","https://openalex.org/W3030968140","https://openalex.org/W3100777160","https://openalex.org/W3110860309","https://openalex.org/W3136638602","https://openalex.org/W3136768788","https://openalex.org/W3141884538","https://openalex.org/W3147042528","https://openalex.org/W3174604867","https://openalex.org/W4205774479","https://openalex.org/W4205791332","https://openalex.org/W4206582558","https://openalex.org/W4281678307","https://openalex.org/W4297377863","https://openalex.org/W4297383944","https://openalex.org/W4322753735","https://openalex.org/W4386853114","https://openalex.org/W4387246580","https://openalex.org/W4388917178","https://openalex.org/W4389520070","https://openalex.org/W4391418357","https://openalex.org/W4399387119","https://openalex.org/W6606776622","https://openalex.org/W6879042396","https://openalex.org/W6906505801","https://openalex.org/W7061318663"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W4391913857","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W4396696052"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0,188],"study":[1,75,189],"examines":[2],"the":[3,6,30,38,41,48,64,122,165,171,180],"applicability":[4],"of":[5,13,47,71,82,167,173,182],"Menzerath\u2013Altmann":[7],"Law":[8],"(MAL)":[9],"across":[10],"three":[11],"varieties":[12],"English":[14,25],"speech:":[15],"interpreted":[16],"speech":[17,22,84,91],"(IE),":[18],"second":[19],"language":[20,176,186],"(L2)":[21],"and":[23,35,45,79,107,156,170],"native":[24],"(NE)":[26],"speech.":[27],"By":[28],"analysing":[29],"relationship":[31],"between":[32],"sentence":[33,126],"length":[34,127],"clause":[36],"length,":[37],"research":[39],"evaluates":[40],"fitting":[42],"parameters":[43],"a":[44,87,150],"b":[46,117],"MAL":[49],"formula":[50],"to":[51,101,154,179],"investigate":[52],"syntactic":[53],"patterns.":[54],"The":[55,74],"results":[56],"confirm":[57],"MAL\u2019s":[58],"validity":[59],"for":[60,192],"all":[61],"varieties,":[62],"supporting":[63],"principle":[65],"that":[66,89,119],"longer":[67],"linguistic":[68,168,197],"structures":[69,146],"consist":[70],"shorter":[72],"components.":[73],"also":[76],"identifies":[77],"distinct":[78,157],"shared":[80,102],"features":[81],"each":[83],"type.":[85],"Parameter":[86,116],"indicates":[88],"L2":[90,142],"aligns":[92],"more":[93,147,151],"closely":[94],"with":[95,128],"IE":[96,106,120],"than":[97],"NE,":[98],"likely":[99],"due":[100],"cognitive":[103,138,158],"constraints,":[104],"while":[105],"NE":[108],"exhibit":[109],"minimal":[110],"differences,":[111],"reflecting":[112,131],"interpreters\u2019":[113,132],"high":[114,137],"proficiency.":[115],"shows":[118],"has":[121],"steepest":[123],"reduction":[124],"in":[125],"increasing":[129],"complexity,":[130],"automated":[133],"processing":[134],"strategies":[135],"under":[136],"load.":[139],"In":[140],"contrast,":[141],"speakers":[143],"manage":[144],"complex":[145],"deliberately,":[148],"indicating":[149],"gradual":[152],"adaptation":[153],"complexity":[155],"approaches.":[159],"These":[160],"findings":[161],"offer":[162],"insights":[163],"into":[164,196],"application":[166],"laws":[169],"influence":[172],"interpreting":[174],"on":[175],"production,":[177],"contributing":[178],"understanding":[181],"constrained":[183],"versus":[184],"unconstrained":[185],"use.":[187],"opens":[190],"avenues":[191],"further":[193],"quantitative":[194],"investigations":[195],"variation.":[198]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-06-14T06:11:07.267592","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}