Brevity

Brevity

by Goldstein, Laurence

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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.

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  • Full title :Brevity / edited by Laurence Goldstein.

Summary

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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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191642852, 0191642851, 9780191748530, 0191748536
  • oclc:ocn859497691
  • LC Classification:P99.4.P72
  • Dewey Decimal:401/.45

Table of Contents

Part I. Brevity in language and thought -- part II. The philosophy of brevity -- part III. Experimenting with brevity -- part IV. Prolixity.

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Subjects

Analyse de la conversation Conversation analysis Implication (Logic) Implication (logique) LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General Pragmatics Pragmatique psycholinguistics Psycholinguistique Reference (Linguistics) Référence (Linguistique) semantics Sémantique

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Goldstein, Laurence

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