(BQ) Efficiency and complexity in grammars addresses a question fundamental to any discussion of grammatical theory and grammatical variation: to what extent can principles of grammar be explained through language use? The book argues that there is a profound correspondence between performance data and the fixed conventions of grammars. Ebook includes all of the following: Chapter 1 introduction; chapter 2 linguistic forms, properties, and efficient signaling; chapter 3 defining the efficiency principles and their predictions; chapter 4 more on form minimization; chapter 5 adjacency effects within phrases. |
