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  2. Sentence (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Another definition of "sentence length" is the number of clauses in the sentence, whereas the "clause length" is the number of phones in the clause. [ 12 ] Research by Erik Schils and Pieter de Haan by sampling five texts showed that two adjacent sentences are more likely to have similar lengths than two non-adjacent sentences, and almost ...

  3. Criminal sentencing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    They also required the judge to consider the severity of a crime in determining the length of an offender's sentence. [citation needed] Federal court statistics from 2003 show that the average sentence given for offenses resolved by guilty plea was 54.7 months, while the average sentence for offenses resolved by trial was 153.7 months. [5]

  4. Menzerath's law - Wikipedia

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    Menzerath's law, also known as the Menzerath–Altmann law (named after Paul Menzerath and Gabriel Altmann), is a linguistic law according to which the increase of the size of a linguistic construct results in a decrease of the size of its constituents, and vice versa.

  5. Prisoners fight Tennessee's confusing life sentence laws ...

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    Another reason is that sentence lengths have also increased “dramatically,” with the average incarcerated person spending 23% longer behind bars in 2018 than in 2009, Gov. Bill Lee’s ...

  6. Sentence length - Wikipedia

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    Sentence length may refer to: In linguistics, the length of a Sentence (linguistics) In penology, the length of a Sentence (law) In music, the length of a Sentence ...

  7. Sentence (law) - Wikipedia

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    A sentence may consist of imprisonment, a fine, or other sanctions. Sentences for multiple crimes may be a concurrent sentence, where sentences of imprisonment are all served together at the same time, or a consecutive sentence, in which the period of imprisonment is the sum of all sentences served one after the other. [2]

  8. Vowel length - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, vowel length is the perceived length of a vowel sound: the corresponding physical measurement is duration.In some languages vowel length is an important phonemic factor, meaning vowel length can change the meaning of the word, for example in Arabic, Czech, Dravidian languages (such as Tamil), some Finno-Ugric languages (such as Finnish and Estonian), Japanese, Kyrgyz, Samoan ...

  9. Wikipedia : Copyediting reception sections

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    Vary sentence rhythm. Sentences of a similar length, or with a similar structure, are monotonous. Reception sections are very prone to this. Read other reception sections for examples of how to do it, but the basic two goals are: vary sentence length, and vary between direct, indirect and summarized comments. Consolidate details. If six ...