Abstract
By means of the coefficient of constraint (D) it is possible to measure the constraint exercised by one grammatical type on another, calculating the redundancy of the nth grammatical type when only the first of the chain is known.—The results of the computation are presented, calculated on three Greek texts of the New Testament: the Gospel of St. John, St. Paul's First Epistle to the Thessalonians and the Epistle to the Hebrews. The conclusion is reached that Paul's Epistles have identical features and that, taking into account the individual differences between Paul and John in level of entropy, the constraint is greatest for the second type in the chain, the relative constraint being practically the same for the three texts.
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