Reduces length of frequently or recently used expressions by removing final character.
Usage
REDUCE(speakerID, proposition)
Arguments
speakerID
Pointer to speaker agent.
proposition
Proposition with words whose forms may be reduced.
Value
a proposition, i.e. a list:
external
representation of the external argument, possibly with shortened form
internal
representation of the internal argument, if identified, possibly with shortened form
verb
representation of the action argument, possibly with shortened form
target
target event to be described
Details
Reduction is an online production process only. It does not affect the lexical representation of the speaker (but cf. EROSION)
References
Nettle, D. (1999). Linguistic diversity. New York: OUP.
Jurafsky, Daniel, Alan Bell, Michelle Gregory & William D. Raymond. 2001. "Probabilistic relations between words: Evidence from reduction in lexical production". In: J. Bybee and P. Hopper (eds), Frequency and the emergence of linguistic structure, 229-255. Amsterdam/Philadelphia. John Benjamins.
# NOT RUN {FOUND()
situation=SITUATION(1)
proposition=PROPOSITION(1, situation)
REDUCE(1, proposition) #only effective if proposition includes frequently/recently used words# }