Line Syllabic Inertia: A Verification of Skinner’s Hypothesis
Journal: Izvestia of Smolensk State University
Year: 2022

In accordance with the hypothesis of B.F. Skinner, identical linguistic entities should be located at shorter distances between themselves than units of different types. This hypothesis can be tested for units identified at different linguistic levels. In this article, the task is to consider the validity of this hypothesis for&#x0D; poetic texts by correlating verses (lines) of works with each other. The material of the study includes excerpts from 10 poems by Russian authors written in the 20t