Brevity
Conversation analysis Implication (Logic) Pragmatics Psycholinguistics Reference (Linguistics) Semantics e-böcker
Oxford University Press
2013
EISBN 9780191642852
Part I. Brevity in language and thought.
part II. The philosophy of brevity.
part III. Experimenting with brevity.
part IV. Prolixity.
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.
part II. The philosophy of brevity.
part III. Experimenting with brevity.
part IV. Prolixity.
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.
