Does linguistic complexity correlate with gender?

Work in progress

References

For more about information theory see:

• Ehret, K. 2017. An information-theoretic approach to language complexity: variation in naturalistic corpora. Freiburg: Albert-Ludwig-Universität Freiburg dissertation.
• Juola, P. 2008. Assessing linguistic complexity. In M. Miestamo, K. Sinnemäki & F. Karlsson (eds.), Language complexity: typology, contact, change, 89-108. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
• Kolmogorov, A. Ni. 1968. Three approaches to the quantitative definition of information. International Journal of Computer Mathematics 2(1-4). 157-168. doi:10.1080/00207166808803030.

About the corpus:

• Piersoul, J., De Troij, R. & Van de Velde, F. 2021. 150 years of written Dutch: The construction of the Dutch Corpus of Contemporary and Late Modern Periodicals. Nederlandse Taalkunde 26(2). 171-194.

About gender and linguistic complexity:

• Piersoul, J. & Van de Velde, F. 2022. Men use more complex language than women, but the difference has decreased over time: a study on 120 years of written Dutch. Linguistics 61(3). 1-23.