The economy principle: 17 characteristics that make the English language economical…in comparison to Portuguese – a pedagogical perspective
ABSTRACT We believe that all languages in the world use the Economy Principle in some way or other. The principle states that “languages tend to express ideas as economically as possible”. This means that the speaker tends to leave out unnecessary words and not to repeat concepts that have been prev...
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| Format: | other |
| Language: | eng |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7175 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/7175 |