TL;DR通过比较美国手语(ASL)和英语中使用的手形,该研究表明频繁使用的手形更容易产生,且沟通效率的压力主要来自 ASL 的使用,而非英语的借用。
Abstract
communicative efficiency is a prominent theory in linguistics and cognitive
science. While numerous studies have shown how the pressure to save energy is
reflected in the form of spoken languages, few have explor