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Direct linkOrita, Naho; Vornov, Eliana; Feldman, Naomi H. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
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 a form based on the informativity of the form and its speech cost. Simulations suggest that both the topicality of the referent…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Speech Communication, Preferences, Form Classes (Languages)
