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by gsnedders
4331 days ago
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To quote Levinson (2000): "inference is cheap, articulation expensive, and thus the design requirements are for a system that maximizes inference". All natural languages [citation needed] rely heavily on inference — simply because it allows one to minimize what's said. That's not to say that everything maximally relies on inference — politeness phenomena clearly demonstrate otherwise, often being "needlessly" verbose. |
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