in english, that is.
in fact, it has been conjectured that english (and possibly other
languages) are "positive phenomena". this term doesn't yet have a
rigorous definition, but the gist is carried by the observation that
virtually all two word phrases occur *more* often than would be
expected by the frequencies of the words in isolation. a
generalization of this is that composite phenomena occur more often
than simpler models of the probability of the parts would indicate.
this is a very slippery concept to quantify. depending on how it is
expressed, it is probably either trivial or cosmic.
if anybody does quantify it, the should reference elbert walker,
(personal communication^2).