What is Linguistic Redundancy? Dr. Ernst-Jan

Linguistic redundancy is a multifaceted phenomenon within language that illustrates that successful communication is not merely a superficial quality of language, but a constraint at the heart of its origin and the dynamics of its development. Redundancy is deeply rooted in language and one can find many redundancy features within grammar, syntax and other aspects of language. We propose a new classification of linguistic redundancy into what we call ‘contex-tual redundancy ’ and ‘grammatical redundancy. ’ This new classification is powerful enough to incorporate and enlighten all forms of linguistic redundancy known to us