Cross-linguistic variation and efficiency
Auteur :
Hawkins, John A.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199665006
Date de publication :
27 févr. 2014
Dimensions :
24,7 x 17,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
530 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.