by Piantadosi, Steven T., Tily, H. and Gibson, E.
Reference:
The communicative function of ambiguity in language (Piantadosi, Steven T., Tily, H. and Gibson, E.), In Cognition, volume 122, 2011.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{piantadosi2011communicative,
title = {The communicative function of ambiguity in language},
author = {Piantadosi, Steven T. and Tily, H. and Gibson, E.},
year = {2011},
journal = {Cognition},
volume = {122},
issue={3},
pages = {280---291},
url = {http://colala.berkeley.edu/papers/piantadosi2012communicative.pdf},
mycategories = {lab,personal},
tags={language, psycholinguistics, informationtheory},
eli5={Contrary to Chomsky's claims, ambiguity is good for communication in language because it prevents you from saying things that are redundant with the context.}
}