Optimal Communication

Klappentext This volume explores how the effectiveness of communication is shaped by aspects of semantics and pragmatics such as compositionality! the role of the speaker and hearer! and the acquisition of meaning. "Optimal Communication "surveys recent research in the fields of syntax! semantics! and pragmatics! and draws from optimality theory to argue that optimal meanings result from a compromise between competing constraints. "Optimal Communication" will be an invaluable resource for students in cognitive science! linguistics! and natural language semantics. Zusammenfassung Explores how aspects of semantics and pragmatics such as compositionality shape the effectiveness of communication! the roles of the speaker and hearer! and the acquisition of meaning. It surveys research in the fields of syntax! semantics! and pragmatics.

Product details

• Authors: Reinhard Blutner, P. Hendricks, Helen De Hoop
• Assisted by: Reinhard Blutner (Editor), Helen De Hoop (Editor), Petra Hendriks (Editor), Helen Hoop (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.2006
• EAN: 9781575865140
• ISBN: 978-1-57586-514-0
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Lecture Notes; CSLI Lecture Notes; Lecture Notes; CSLI Lecture Notes (CSLI- CHUP)
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs