Title: Brevity
Description: Brevity in conversation is a window to the workings of the mind. People use ellipsis and various kinds of pragmatic enrichment keyed to the particular conversational setting, to express concisely what they mean. Distinguished linguists, philosophers and cognitive scientists here say how.
Subjects: Linguistics, Philosophy, Conversation analysis, Discourse analysis, Effizienz, Kommunikation, Prägnanz, Sprache