Cross-linguistic variation and efficiency
Auteur :
Hawkins, John A.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199664993
Date de publication :
27 févr. 2014
Dimensions :
25,3 x 17,6 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
692 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.