Cross-linguistic variation and efficiency /:

This title 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 a...

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1. Verfasser: Hawkins, John A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Ausgabe:First edition.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford linguistics.
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Zusammenfassung:This title 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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xx, 271 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-257) and indexes.
ISBN:9780191642869
019164286X
9780191748547
0191748544

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