What’s Worth Talking About? Information Theory Reveals How Children Balance Informativeness and Ease of Production
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DOI: 10.1177/0956797617699848
Abstract: Of all the things a person could say in a given situation, what determines what is worth saying? Greenfield’s principle of informativeness states that right from the onset of language, humans selectively comment on whatever… read more here.
Keywords: informativeness; information; ease production; balance informativeness ... See more keywords