1 The seminal theoretical work on propositional density is Syntactic Structures by Noam Chomsky, Mouton & Co., 1957. For other examples of practical applications, see “Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer’s Craft” by Brooks Landon, The Teaching Company, Course No. 2368, 2008; “A Plain Man’s Guide to the Theory of Signs in Architecture” by Geoffrey Broadbent, in Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture: An Anthology of Architectural Theory by Kate Nesbitt, Princeton Architectural Press, 1996, p. 124–141.

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