Have you ever wondered why we tend to shorten words, why we come up with simpler nicknames when a name is long, or why social media often imposes a character limit? This is because our minds are constantly trying to save time and maximize benefits by minimizing the effort we put into communication. Even though […]
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Linguistic economy: how to say a lot with a little
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and when we think about languages, this premise is often true. The meaning of a sentence can often be conveyed with only a few words; the rest may result as redundant and boring to the recipients.
Linguistic economy or its tendency towards brevity is a principle inherent to language: based on its primary function of communication, it seeks convenience and the least amount of effort at the phonetic, lexical, morphological and syntactic levels. What are its characteristics and the clearest examples worldwide?
