Complexity, Efficiency, and Language Contact
Tamaredo, Iván
Produktnummer:
18edfc0eecd53b418eac8328f3ba3d0fc8
Autor: | Tamaredo, Iván |
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Themengebiete: | Communicative efficiency Expression of pronominal elements Language contact Language variation Structural complexity System complexity |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 02.04.2020 |
EAN: | 9783034339025 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Verlag: | Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers |
Untertitel: | Pronoun Omission in World Englishes |
Produktinformationen "Complexity, Efficiency, and Language Contact"
The book provides an assessment of the contribution of pronoun omission to the complexity and efficiency of varieties of English and the influence of language contact on its attestation and pervasiveness. On the one hand, omitted pronouns result in simpler and more efficient structures, provided their antecedents are retrievable from the context. On the other hand, the choice between overt and omitted pronouns depends on several grammatical constraints, which in turn may entail an increase in system complexity. Two methodologically different but complementary case studies are presented, which contribute new findings to the literature at the crossroads of research on World Englishes, complexity, efficiency, and pronoun omission.

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