The exponential distribution of the order of demonstrative, numeral, adjective and noun

Recent research has examined the order of demonstratives, numerals, adjectives, and nouns within noun phrases, focusing on all 24 possible permutations of these elements (F1). The study aimed to identify the statistical distribution that best models the frequency of these orders (F2). By comparing different distribution models, the research found that an exponential distribution provides a more accurate fit than a power law distribution (F3). This conclusion supports the view that the exponential distribution better captures the observed data patterns in linguistic ordering (A1). The findings contribute to ongoing discussions in linguistics regarding the underlying principles governing word order in noun phrases (F4). This work, published on arXiv in the computer science and computational linguistics category, adds quantitative evidence to debates about language structure modeling.