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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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, U.K. ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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Colección: | Oxford linguistics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780191642852 0191642851 9780191748530 0191748536 |