Cross-Linguistic Variation and Efficiency
Autor: | Hawkins, John A. |
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EAN: | 9780199664993 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 304 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 27.04.2014 |
Schlagworte: | Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy |
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This book argues that major patterns of variation across languages are structured by general principles of efficiency in language use and communication, an approach that has far-reaching theoretical consequences for issues such as ease of processing, language universals, complexity, and competing and cooperating principles.