NECESSARY CONDITIONS OF THE MENZERATH-ALTMANN LAW (Warunki zachodzenia prawa Menzeratha-Altmanna)

In the paper the authoress discusses conditions necessary for the Menzerath-Altmann law to hold. The research was conducted on Polish and English syntax and a suitable comparison between texts under the research has been made. In the opening of the article, the statistical language law is presented and the technique of its research has been outlined. They are followed by all necessary assumptions deciding whether the law would hold and the conditions for it to hold.