Brevity
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199664986
Date de publication :
3 oct. 2013
Dimensions :
23,6 x 16,1 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
704 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Brevity in conversation is a window to the workings of the mind. People use ellipsis and various kinds of pragmatic enrichment, keyed to the particular conversational setting, to express concisely what they mean. Distinguished linguists, philosophers, and cognitive scientists here say how.