Complexity, Efficiency, and Language Contact

Complexity, Efficiency, and Language Contact

by Iván Tamaredo and Maurizio Gotti
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 31/03/2020

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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.

ISBN:
9783034340663
9783034340663
Category:
Language: reference & general
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
31-03-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

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