Informativity, topicality, and speech cost: comparing models of speakers’ choices of referring expressions
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DOI: 10.1080/0163853x.2021.1878449
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study formalizes and compares two major hypotheses in speakers’ choices of referring expressions: the topicality model that chooses a form based on the topicality of the referent, and the rational model that chooses… read more here.
Keywords: speakers choices; referring expressions; speech cost; topicality ... See more keywords
How Does Topicality Affect the Choice of Referential Form? Evidence From Mandarin
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DOI: 10.1111/cogs.13190
Abstract: Many models of reference production suggest that speakers tend to use a reduced referential form, such as a pronoun, to signal the topicality of a particular referent, that is, the Topichood Hypothesis. However, little is… read more here.
Keywords: affect choice; choice referential; referential form; topicality affect ... See more keywords