title: Reply to Mahowald and Gibson and to Heggarty: No problems with short words, and no evidence provided.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pagel
authors.forename: Quentin D
authors.initials: QD
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: Andreea S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Calude
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meade
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D008962:Models, Theoretical