ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

AT-DEP1-0014 · ATLAS 251

Telegraphic style

Highly compressed expression omitting function words and favouring information-rich elements.

Explanation

Highly compressed expression omitting function words and favouring information-rich elements. Shows how intelligibility can arise from a skeleton of key words and which relations remain unstated.

Example

Arrive tomorrow eight. Please collect.

Counterexample

A mere label without the described formal or conceptual movement.

Distinction

Distinguish from Ellipse; the neighbouring concept remains connected as a crossway.

Effect on thought and perception

Shows how intelligibility can arise from a skeleton of key words and which relations remain unstated.

Resonance

Shows how intelligibility can arise from a skeleton of key words and which relations remain unstated.

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Reich, Michael (Hrsg./ed.): „Telegraphic style“. Atlas der Sprache, AT-DEP1-0014. ATLAS 251, data model 1.6.0. https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-DEP1-0014

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