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Communicative Efficiency: Language Structure and Use
Communicative Efficiency: Language Structure and Use
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This book explores how humans save time and energy in communication by making efficient choices in grammar, lexicon, and phonology, presenting a new theory of communicative efficiency. The author's interdisciplinary expertise provides evidence from language sciences, cognitive sciences, and language use, making it essential reading for language scientists, cognitive scientists, and anyone interested in language use and communication.
Format: Hardback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 17 November 2022
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
All living beings strive to conserve effort, and humans are no exception. This groundbreaking book delves into the fascinating realm of how we subconsciously optimize our time and energy in communication. It presents a novel theory of communicative efficiency, suggesting that language is purposefully designed to be as efficient as possible. The author's unique interdisciplinary expertise enables her to present a comprehensive framework that accounts for the diverse manifestations of communicative efficiency across a wide range of languages. Through a combination of corpus-based and statistical approaches, the author elucidates speakers' inherent bias towards efficiency. This comprehensive new theory is presented in a clear and accessible manner, making it essential reading for language scientists, cognitive scientists, and anyone with an interest in language use and communication.
ISBN-13: 9781108840798
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