Michael L. Best

List of John Benjamins publications for which Michael L. Best plays a role.

Article

Best, Michael L. 2006 Adaptive value within natural language discourseInteraction Studies 7:1, pp. 1–15 | Article
A trait is of adaptive value if it confers a fitness advantage to its possessor. Thus adaptiveness is an ahistorical identification of a trait affording some selective advantage to an agent within some particular environment. In results reported here we identify a trait within natural language… read more