Are there any studies that compare expression/statement based languages?

Ummm.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_paradigm

where an appropriate programming paradigm will help with writing, checking, providing "topic" feature (string, statistics, typsetting & printed page layout, etc)

1st guess on "expression/statement" ->

   typical general use imperative programming language comparisons:

   https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/websites/web-development/imperative-programming/

2nd guess "expression/statement" ->

   special purpose parse generators for creating programming languages: racket, lex, yacc, bison, antlr

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_parser_generators

3rd guess "expression/statement" ->

   special purpose math/statistics: 

   https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/r-vs-python-matlab-octave-julia-who-winner-siva-prasad-katru

   although apl, latex with math also fit under "math expressions"

4th guess "expression/statement" -> More as a non-programming counterpoint/example:

   Computational linguistics : https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/computational-linguistics-CL

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_words_for_snow

   Why would a hot weather desert hermit need a word for snow?

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