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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hawkins, John A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Oxford linguistics.
Temas:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Syntaxe.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Sprachvariante
Sprachliche Universalien
Performanz.
Grammatik
Effizienz
Linguistique.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 271 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-257) and indexes.
ISBN:9780191642869
019164286X
9780191748547
0191748544

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