Alternative Solutions to a Language Design Problem: The Role of Adjectives and Gender Marking in Efficient Communication
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DOI: 10.1111/tops.12316
Abstract: A central goal of typological research is to characterize linguistic features in terms of both their functional role and their fit to social and cognitive systems. One long-standing puzzle concerns why certain languages employ grammatical… read more here.
Keywords: gender marking; design problem; solutions language; alternative solutions ... See more keywords