@inbook{speyervoigtmanninprinta,
title = {Factors for the integration of causal clauses in the history of German},
author = {Augustin Speyer and Sophia Voigtmann},
editor = {Lukasz Jedrzejowski and Constanze Fleczoreck},
url = {https://benjamins.com/catalog/slcs.231.11spe},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.231.11spe},
year = {2021},
date = {2021},
booktitle = {Micro- and Macro-variation of Causal Clauses: Synchronic and Diachronic Insights},
pages = {311–345},
publisher = {John Benjamins Publishing Company},
abstract = {<div class="bkblurb">
<p id="c11-abstract-p1">The variation between integrated (verb-final) and independent (verb-second) causal clauses in German could depend on the amount of information conveyed in that clause. A lower amount might lead to integration, a higher amount to independence, as processing constraints might forbid integration of highly informative clauses. We use two ways to measure information amount: 1. the average ratio of given referents within the clause, 2. the cumulative surprisal of all words in the clause. Focusing on historical stages of German, a significant correlation between amount of information and integration was visible, regardless which method was used.

</div>},
pubstate = {published},
type = {inbook}
}