An edition of Brevity (2013)
Brevity
By Laurence Goldstein
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Publish Date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
eng
Pages
376
Description:
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.